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RECORDING
HOKE COUNTY’S
PRESENT
WitH
JUSTICE
|:!' ' VOLUME xxvn—Number 25
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, LCfOKING TO
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WITH
CONTIDENCB
THp HOKE COUNTY NEWS
RAEFOBDi N. C. FRIDAY, SEPT. 26th, 1931
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
tl.50 YEAR IN ADVANCE
FI EnHD TERM IN SOir^AROllNA
Superintendent Hawfield Ex- Governor . Blackwood ^ Signs
plains How Tax Reduction Bill Prohibiting Planting of
Fund For Extended School
Terni Is Allotted.
Cotton In 1932, Provided
Other Slates Act Likewise.
Hoke County Schools To Open
Monday Morning, September 28th
—O— / .
County To Have Thirty-Eight Teachers This Year, A Net Loss
Of Four From Last Year—^TwoBy Consolidation And
Two From District Funds*, No Formal
Opening At The Raeford School
Monday Morning
HOKE FARMERS FOR NEW OaT MARKETS
COrrON REDUCTION OPEN; PRICES LOW
I
Jdass Meeting In Courthou e Poorer Grades Of Leaf Pre-
Hoke county was recently allotted
$2,552.03 •'from the $1,500,000 Tax
Reduction Fund for the extended
school term. Antioch and Blue
Springs Schools and schools in Little
River township receive nothing from
the fund. Rockfish gets $165.64,
Ashemont $681.87, Raeford $1,039.72,
and Mildouson $664.90.
A 14c levy was made and "where
this does not take care of the cost
the allotment mahes the difference.
For instance, the cost for Antioch
for the extended term was figured
at $1,214.71. The yield of*a 14c levy
on $1,130,718 Taluation amounts to
$1,583.00. Consequently, no Tax TIe!-
ductlon Fund was allowed,. Thd cost
■of AshemoW, amounts to $1,670.09.
The yield at 14c on $705,877 valua
tion amounts to $988.22. By taking
this amount from the estimated cost
-we get $6FLS7„ wliicli Is the Tnmrmtt.
Ashemont is allotted. Im, order for
a school to participate in the Tax
Reduction Fund the levy must be at
least 14c on the one hundred dol
lars worth of property. Of course,
if the valuation sliows more than is
figured by the Equalization Board
the 14c le-vy would mot he necessary.
The Equalization Board bad to fol
low the law in distributing the. funds,
hut it wonld liave been better if
the same plan had been followed as
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 23,—“Gov
ernor Blackwood signed the cotton
prohibition bill, today.
By fixing his signature to the
measure, it becomes a misdemea
nor ill South Carolina to plaut cot
ton in 1932. The act contains the
■provisb that three-fourths of the cot-
ton-grcrwing states pass similar acts.
: As lie signed it, Governor Black
wood said the only thing that pre
vented it from being a “perAN?ct act”
was that cotton was not outlawed
unconditionally in South Cp-Tolina
next year.
“Tlie more the other states grow,
the more we will wisli- we hadn’t
growm any,” he said.
If the total prohibition act had
been ipassed, he added, it would have
b^n “the greatest piece of legisla
tion in 50 years.”
The prohibitory law was passed
last week by both houses of the
general assembly called into extra-
.■ordinary session by the governor.
Thursday^^-^'Mormng Not
Well Attended r^~1Petition
Gardner For Legislation.
MOORE COUim FAIR
OPENS ON OCT. I3IR
An schools in Hoke County are to
open on Monday morning, September
28th, at 8:30 o’clock. All .pupils are
urged to be present at the opening
time and get started properly, so as
not to cause trouble to themselves
and their teachers, that a late start
would involve.
The schools were originally sched
uled to open op the 14th, but the
Board of Education at a meeting held
early in the month, yielded to a gen
eral demand, and postponed the open
ing date in order that pupils could
help their parents in crop gathering.
Too, additional time was needed to
get the trucks, used for transportation
of pupils, in better shape.
The schools this year wjll have a
staff of 38 teachers, which means a
ioss of two teachers employed by
funds from local taxing, and the loss
of two high school teachers 'brought,
about by the Elqualization Board’s
consolidation plan. The schools which
lose a teacher each from local tax
ing funds are Blue Springs and Rock-
fish. Antioch loses two-high school
teachers, and Ashemont one high
school teacher, while the Raeford
School gains one high school teacher,
through the consolidation of high
schools 3n the county.
A mass meeting of farmers inter
•iie, Gibson; Miss Mar^ McKinnon. | ested in the production of cotton
ine same yiaii iiau uccu j-uiiumcu .
for the past two years. Hoke Conn- Gov. Gardner To Speak ^ ® ^
I ----- I stantially the same as the list last
Opening Day; Legion Mem
~bers To Be Guests; Inter
esting Program Arranged.
AT THE CHURCHES
of
servl
■wick
At the Treshjt,erian Church, Ur.
"H. G. Bedlnger, President of Flora
Macdonald Gollege, -wni preach at
the morning service at 11 o’clock;
The pastor. Dr. Fairley, w'lll preach
at the evening service at 7:30. Sun
day School is at 9:45 a. m. The Young
People’s Vesper Service ik at 7 p.m.
At the Methodist Church, the
Sunday School Promotion Day exer
cises win extend into the time for
the morning service at 11 o’clocli. A
very interesting program has been
arranged, which -wlTl take the place
the r^nlar morning preaching
life. The pastor. Rev. YY. F. Tra-
;, will preach at the evening ser
vice at 7:30, on the topic “TIow One
Should Best Invest His Life,” a ser
mon that will he of especial interest
to the young peopieL Sunday school
meets at 9:45 a. m.
At the Baptist Church, Rev. .J. R.
Miller, the pastor, will preach at
11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. His topic at
the morning hour, will be: “Jesn.?
Beholding Our . Gifts.” The Sunday
School meets at 9:45 a. m., and
there will be a special Promotion
Day program. B. Y. P. U. meets at
6:30.
At Bethel Presbyterian Church, the
pastor. Rev. A. D. Carswell, will
jireach Sunday morning at ten o’
clock. Speciar attention is called to
the change in the hour.
At . Sandy Grove Presbyterian
Church, Homecoming Day will be
observed. After a sermon at 11:30
by the pastor. Rev. A. D. Carswell,
a picnic lunch will be seiived. AH
former members and friends of the
church are especially invited to th©
Homecoming.
At Dundarrach Presbyterian Church
Rev. A, D. Carswell, the pastor, will
preach at 3:30 p. m.
-ty received $4,031.51 last year, but
under the present -plan the allot-
ment was considerably lower. The
change in the law has brought this
aboi’t. and not the Equalization Board.
If the valnatian had not been lower- Artillery firing by Capt. Dan
ed by the Equalization Board the -Ring’s Sanford battery and a concert
allotment for Hoke County would 'by the -Fert Bragg band will feature
liave been a little more than '$600.00. the opening day of the'Moore'county
The trouble comes about by ntrt bar- fair on Tuehday, October 13, O. B.
^faig a trhiform valuation for the State. "Welch, iljhe fair , manager, stated
A. fund of this kind wiR never be yesterday. Tuesday has been desig-
-equltably distributed until values are Trated as “American Legion Day,” and
more uniform. ' Gov. O. Max Gardner and Henry
Bourne, of Tarhorb, commander of
the North Carolina department Of
,the Amerrcal Legion, have been in
vited to speak. A free barbecue for
all of the ex-service men of the
county has also been planned. A com-
mitte'e, composed of B. C. Wallace,
past commander of the Joseph G.
Hen.son post, chairman, Kenneth
Caddell and John Beasley, has jbeen
named to arrange the prograni for
this day. /
Wednesday, as customary, •^ili be
“school day.” A half holiday will
granted the' school children of the
county and they will be ^mlttejd
free to the fair. • » '
“Home Coming Day” has teen set
for Thursday, the third day of jthe
fair. Hundre.ls of native ieons ;and
daughters of Moore, who ^ve s'tray-
ed from their nattfe heath,
will be sent special invit^ktions to be
here that day, and a colinmlttee, of
wh^ch Col. D. A. McDonald is'lchair-
man, is getting up kn |j(^e'resting
program for their entertainment.
Friday will be “Live-at-Home Day”.
E. H. Garrison, the county a|ent,
and Mrs. W. L. Ryals, the home"
demonstration agent, have the pro
gram lor this day in charge. .As the
name implies, living at home will he
emphasized, and a number of ex-,
perts will be here from Raleigh to
stress different phases of this agri
cultural movement.
Saturday, the closing day, will he
set aside for the colored foiks of the
county.
The public address system for the
fair grounds was signed up last
week. This system will enable the
broadcast of speeches and music to
all parts of the grounds.
Mr. Welch is now engaged in lin
ing up free acts, like bucking Fords,
balloon ascensions and high •wire
acts. More money will be spent for
free acts this year than was the
case during the last fair, and far bet
ter rides, shows and other midway
attractions are being secured.
"We promise a bigger and better
fair tot 1931,” said Mr. Welch, “and
we are sparing no expense to this
end.”
year. It follows
Raeford School: Mr. J. F. Lowrance,
principal ,*^ Miss Carrie Sturgis, Rock
Hill, S. C.f Miss' Nell Vincent, Wel
don, N. C.; ,Miss Lois Waller, Oxford;
Miss Lillian Dorn, Granite Falls; Mrs,
J. C. McLean, Raeford; Mr. A. B
Padgett, Chadbourne; Mr. Jqhn
BiggerS, Matthews,^ Miss imna Belle
Tyson, Ayden; Miss Margaret McKer
Mt. Gilead; Miss Xyr^na . Smith,
Huntersville; Miss Jessie Heafner.
Raleigh; Miss Elizabeth Tyson, Farm-
ville; ^Miss Anne Buie, Red Springs;
Miss Ruth Fulcher, Leasburg; Mrs.
A. K. Currie, Raeford, and Mrs. Ina
P. Bethune, Raeford.
- Antioch School; Mr. R. A. Smoak,
Red Springs, Principal; Miss Willie
Peele, Laurinbnrg; Miss Archie Mc-
Phaul, Red Springs; and Miss Eliza
beth Stntts, Gibson.
Blue Springs School; Mr. Johnson
Matthews, Wagram, Principal: and
Miss Lettie McMillan, Raeford.
Rosendale School (Little River
Township); Mrs. G, C. Richardson,
Lakeview,
Rockfish School; Mr. J. W. George,
Greenville, S. C., Principal; Mrs. J.
W. George, Greenville, S. C.; and
Miss Trera Townsend, Rockfish.
Ashemont School: Mr. E. W. Fort,
Fork, S. C., Principal; Miss Treva
Auman, West End; Miss Mary Dunlap
Wagram; Miss .Myrtice Barrington,
Raeford: and Miss Thelma Auman,
West End.
Mildouson School; Mr. J. W.
(loates, Clayton, Principal: Miss Inez
Hwdker, Laurel Hill; Miss Theima
Hn'dson, McCoI'l, S. C.; Miss Irene
Downer, Raeford; and Miss Aris
Sharikle, Shannon.
Mr. J. F. Lowrance, principal of
the Raeford School, saya^ there will
be no formal opening or chapel exer
cises on Monday, the opening day.
Pupils will be enrolled, book lists
distributed, and assignments made
tor Tuesday. Later in the week, the
grammar grades and high school will
issemble in the auditorium for the
formal opening. Announcement as to
the day will be made later.
dominate In Fairly Heavy
Breaks Tuesday; GeneraL"
Average Is $1(>.
Poorer grades of leaf predominat-;-
ed in the fairly heavy- breaks on
was held in the courthouse Thurs- middle belt tobacco markets
day morning and about thirty-five! which opened in North Carolina
men answered the call. Owing to the j Tuesday, with the result that the
fact that the meeting was not widely i first day averages, with one excep
tion. were considerably below those,
of last season.
Despite the decrease, the opening
prices were better than those paid on
other markets on opening days, with
the general average for the belt,
holding at around $10 or slightly
better a hundredweight.
Louisburg wak the only markef-
to show a better opening average
over last year. The 151,392 ponnda
sold there went at an average ot
$12.74, compared with last season’s
sales of 60,000 at $10. ■
Snles were blocked at Durham,
one of the larger markets, where ap^-
proximately 300,000, pounds changed '
hands at an average of $10. The-.*
great bulk of the offerings there, was. "
of poor quality. Farmers expressed
disappointment but said they were
“not surprised.” Only one of the-,
two sets of buyers operated.
The Aberdeen market reported Its
largest opening day, with approxi
mately 200,000 pounds being sold at
an average of between $9 and $11..
Good quality leaf brought fairly goodi
' prices, with some smokers selling u;;/
Specialize In Farm Produce to $28, but the poorer grades brought
And Live Stock Exhibits; down the average.
M«iy Show, And Frte Act..' SP«''S,. He
^ V, , market last season. opened wita
■ I sales of 194.OOP" pounds at an avee-
Lumberton, Sept. 24. The big gj $9.90, compared with last
Robeson County Fair to be held in ^ year's sales of 300,000 pounds at
Lumberton this season September |t2.
advertised a large crowd was not
present. However, those present
were representative of the farming
and business interests of the coun
ty. Mr. E. B. McNeill was- elected
to serve as chairman of the meeting
and Dr. W. M. Fairley as secretary.
A resolution was passed unanim
ously requesting the governor of
‘North Carolina to call a special ses
sion of the legislature to consider
the cotton situation and nothing else,
the meeting to be called after Texas
has adopted control methods for
dealing with the situation.
Similar meetings were scheduled
to be held all over the cotton pro
ducing sections of North Carolina at
the same time, sc || one hundred
and fifty such meetings having been
called.
FAIR IN
OPENS Nm lESiri
Robeson County FairF To
TWO SENTENCED IN FIRST FUliHT MADE
_ COURT
Jim Cromartie And James
Wall, Colored, Get Six
Months Eacb; Several Cases
, Are Continued.
COMES HOME ALL SMILES
Mr.
♦r
Tommie Upchurch came back
from Aberdeen Thursday very much
encouraged over a sale that he had
just made of some to'bacco. He sold
fqur thousand pounds at the Aber
deen, Warehouse for an average of
seventeen cents. He is enthusiastic
over the market in that city and
feels that, Hoke County people should
do all In their power to make this
a good .naarket, sipcp it Is so close
Jiome,
In Recorder’s Coijrt Tuesday, Jim
RT DHIRIE ARRON
World’s Greatest Dirigible
Pleases Na'vy Officials A
board Her On Maiden
Flight Of About 4 Hours.
The U. S. S. Akron, world’s larg-
Cromartie, colored^i^s tried on t'wo ggj (jirigible airship, was taken upon
charges. One for^respassing on the fj^gj flight Wednesday aiternbon.
premises of M^'Sam Epstein after The flight lasted three hours and 47
being forbiddenBo ge there, and on minutes, and was entirely satisfac-
another for ap-;.'assault with a dead-
, . .... . The ship was built by the Good
ly weapon, j^e plead not guilty of ry .• . ,, ,
JfC I year Zeppelin corporation m Akron
the charge^pNit was found guilty on | united States Navy, and the
1 each. /Foii^’moirths on the roads flight Wednesday was highly pleas
\yas the judgment and an old case i ing to navv officials, at. the end of
in which prayer for judgment was the estimated 125 mile trip. Perfect
I continued upon payment of the costs
tor having a pint of whiskey in his
possession was c-alled against him.
He was given an additional two
month’s for falling to comply with
the terms of his sentence.
Charlie Harrington, colored, was
tried on a charge of carrying a con
cealed weapon and found mot guilty.
weather conditions prevailed, after
several days of waiting.
Lieut. Commander Charles E. Ros
endahl, former skipper of the Los
Angeles, and a survivor of the wreck
of the- Shenandoah six years- ago, is
the commander of the Akron, an i
was in charge Wednesday on its trial
flight. Secretary of the Navy Adams
and other high Navy officials made
James Wall, colored, entered a jjjg tj.jp jyjjjj jiigh officials of the
MATHE80NS MOVE
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Matheson, Jr.,
havp^ moved to the Cameron home on
North JWaln Street, recently vacated
by Mr. and Mrs, Tommie Upchurch.
Dr. Matheson’s telephone number
will remain the same, 26L
plea of guilty of larceny and was
sentenced to six months on the roads.
One night last week he went on the
premises of Martin Coggins and took
a windshield complete from Coggins’
car and carried it home with him.
Mr. Barrington tracked him. to h1s
home and Wall confessed and pro
duced the windshield."
John Henry Blue, • colored, of
Stonewall Township, faced a charge
of larceny and was found guilty. It
seems that he missed some parts
from a car which, he owned and that
he located what he thought were the
perts on a similar car belonging to
John D, McDonald, another colored
youth. He proceeded to take the
parte off the car in the day time and
carry them home. Prayer for judg
ment was continued upon payment
of the costs. ' r
R. B. Townsend, white man of Rob
eson County, charged with giving a
bad check, failed to appear for trial
and his bond was ordered forfeited
and caipia to issue.
Several other cases were continu
ed for a .Yraek.
Goodyear corporation. In all there
were 113 men aboard, the largest
number ever to make a flight in
this country.
The Akron is 785 feet long and has
a gas capacity of 6,500,000 cubic
feet. Its diameter is 132.9 feet, and
the cost of manufacture was $5,-
376, 000.
• A crowd variously estimated at
100,000 io 200,000 people witnessed
the first flight.
DR. H. G. BEDINGER TO
PREACH HERE SUNDAY
Dr. Henry G. Bedinger, President
of Flora Macdonald College, Red
Springs, will preach at *the morning
service of the Raeford Presbyterian
Church next Sunday Morning at 11
o’clock.
Rev. Mr. Bedinger succeeded Dr.
Vardell as president of Flora Mac
donald, a little over a year ago, and
the college has done unusually well
under his administration. The Pres
byterian Church here Is looking for
ward with pleasure to having him
, preach at 4ts service Sunday.
Kinlaw, and they are very optimistic
timated at slightly better than $10.
over the outlook for farm articles ^ood grades brought fair prices but
for the county has grown one of the ^ inferior grades sold low.
best crops in its history. !
Plenty odd shows, and free acts.. NEILL McKEITHEN IS
fire works to keep you entertained
all the time.
PLEASED AT OPENINGT
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29. 30, Oct. 1 and 2, bids fair to be
the best ever held in the county and
is the only fair in this sectidn this
year.
The ladies all over the county have
been making inquiries of Secretary
W. O. Thompson for space for booths,
flowers, canned goods, faneywork
and all kinds of household articles,
and Mr. Thompson assures all that
ample space has been arranged to
take care of everythiqg that they
may bring.
From the requests for coop space
it is expected the poultry house will
be full and running over. Several' best demand on the Hendersoa
hundred coops have all been clean- market, where 172,564 pounds were
ed out and ready for the birds when' sold at an average of $10.36, com-'
they arrive. | pared with 217,770 pounds last year
' at an average of $11.78.
Hogs, pigs, cows, horses, sheep and i
mules will have a newly-arranged' The official figures announced
and better-fitted place to be housed ‘here, included only tRree of the
this year, and the managers of this, city’s five warehouses. One of the
department claim they are going to; others did not complete its sales and.
show visitors what the farmers are i th© t'tth did not sell at allj
doing in this line. Approximately - 200.000 ponnda-
Farm produce will be in charge of sold on the Sanford market _
Messrs. O. O. Dukes and E. Bundy |''here the unofficial average was es-
The Oxford market sold 275,000
pounds at an average of $9.10. 0ns
warehouse handled 48.000 pounds of
poorer grade leaf at an .average of
$7.48, but sales at the oth^r ware
house, where better quality ruled,
boosted the average.
Warrenton sold 57.000 pounds at'
$10.42, compared with 30.0JO pounds
last year at $11.25.
Carthage reported sales of 21U.009
pounds at an average of bet-ween
$10 and $12. Sales there Iasi year
amounted lo 150.000 pounds at S12.-
50.
Domestic cigarette types were- in'
ROBT. GATLIN ON
DUKE FACULTY
In a conversation with Neil
Keithan, manager of the Aberdeen
j Warehouse, since the opening sales
I on Tuesday, a News-Journal reporter
Friends of Robert Gatlin will learn found the former Hokeite very opti-
with a great deal of interest and I mistic over the showing made by
pleasure that he has recently been | his house and the young gentleman
elected as an assistant instructor in
the school of engineering at Duke
University, and began his duties
there this week. This makes two
Hoke County men teaching at this
great institution. Dr. Angus Mc-
Bryde being In the medical school.
Robert received some most gratify
ing recommendations from the of
ficials at State College, where he
graduated, and his many friends here
have just cause to be proud of him.
SANDY GROVE CHURCH
TO HAVE HOMECOMING
Next Sunday will be Home-Com
ing Day at Sandy Grove Presbyter
ian Church, in the county. The pastor
Rev. A. D. Carswell, will preach at
11:30, after which there will be a
picnic dinner on the grounds.
All members at Sandy Grove in
vite former members and friends of
the church r to meet with them next
Sunday, and join in the spirit ot
reunion.
was proud of the fact that Jiis house
led all houses in the sandhill terrt-
tory in net averages paid to the-
growers. Mr. McKeithan. like most
warehousemen, is very optimistic a-
bout jprices that will be paid for good
tobacco but does not expect much
for the low grades, an expectation
that is backed up by the experience
on markets that have been open for
some time.
Mr. McKeithan is especially proad
of the large number of Hoke County
growers who are patronizing his
warehouse and. says that he deeply
appreciates their patronage.
Ideal are valuable only when put
into effect: applies to advertising. i>-
V. •
Most troubles are said to be im*'##;* j|8
aginary: so are most pleasures.
MIDDUNG COTTON
Middling cotton was selling for
6 3-8c to ft ft-4e on the streetn of
Raeford Thanday afternoon.