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THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLtJaiE XXyH-rNombef' 26
RA^JPpRD, N. q FRIDAY, OCT. 2nd, 1931
$1.50 YEAR IN ADVANCE
VAnENDAlE
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AS SCHOOLS OPEN HERE LAST SUNDAY
'Nearly Y,1CK) pv^ils .Pfesent
On Opening Day, With More
Expected; Raeford Enrolled
Total vT E45.
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ThA 'flchobls of the county opened
"Monday morning witTi about 1,100
■pupils present. This figure Is con
siderably smaller than last year’s en
rollment, but more pupils afe, ol
course, expected to come in later
and raise the total. .
The Raeford echoxil enrolled ^03
in the elementary department and
242 in the high School. ’ The ele-
REV. H. G.
'Flora Mp;;donBld President
Says ^ Meet Present Day
, .'Troubles As Test. For .EailR
In Sermon Here.
Dr. Henry Graybill Bedinger, Pres
ident of Flora Macdonald' College in
Red 'Springs, •pfeached -at the morn
i'ng service o^ the Raefibrd Presby
terian ChurcTi last Sunday. His text
■was chosen from the 'book of James,
and the sermon began witk an intro
duction of James, the man/ Revr Mr.
Bedinger pointed out how James de
scribed himself—“James, a servant
of God and of theiLcird Jesus Christ,’’
iiEcamiiiiG MI
AT MNOI HIVE
Sermo^ Communion Service
aitd Picnic Feature Home
coming Program At Old
Presbyterian Church.
OlUim OFFICERS
mentary school figure Is 14 le^ than
.'last year, while the high school and told how strong was this word
shows an increase of 48, brought .servant in old-: Hebrew usage,
about largely by consolidation of • .
Antioch and Ashemont high schools
^~with the Raeford High school. Vtt
course, the figures for this year arethls listeners to, like James, "couirt
bf
'/thp first day’s "figures only, while
' those for last year show the total
enrollment. ^Figures for other schools
are as follows: Antioch, .fi7^On the
opening day", "with an enrollment of
143 last year; Bine "Springs, 60, (es
timated) against 70; Little "River,!
25 (estimated) againSt 27; Roc"k-
'fish, 98 against if5; Ashemont 163
against. 201;,, Mildouson 112 againSt
199. Total elmeentary enrollment on
first "day, 848; total enrollment for
'last year, 1,080. Total high school
enrollment first day, 242, against a
"total enrollment ’for last year of 267.
In several Bchoo-is parents were on
Mr. Bedinger-wteff theif^lnto the
main part of his sermon, calling on
Over two hundred members, form
er members and friends of historic
old Sandy Grove Presbyterian Church
in the Fort Bragg reservation, gath
ered at the old church last Sunday
for a homecoming day. The exer
cises begin ^/at 11:30 and the pastor.
Rev. A. D. Carswell, preached the
sermon, which- was followed by a
communion service. , After this a
Still in Little River Township
Captured While In Opera-
, tion; Two Operators Cap
tured and Two Escape.
HINGiL M. CURRIE DIES
GET THREE SHLIS CLASS ENTERTAINS^AT HOME IN CRUNTT
. A fifty gallon whiskey still in op
eration in Little River Township was
captured • last Saturday afternoon
about 2:30 by Sheriff Hodgin and
Deputies Barrington and McNeill.
Four operators were working the
still; one, Neill Hart, was taken,
while another, Luke Cornelius start
ed to run away but was overtaken
after quite a chase. The other two
bountiful dinner '^s served in the operators succeeded- in making theii
grove to the enjoyment of everyone escape. All were white men.
it all joy, when ye fSll 'into, divers
temptations',” and to meet all strug
gles and tfiaTs xonstijnitly’. coming up
in life, a?* tifoagh ‘they had been
looked forward to, and to* use them
as opportunities to prove a strong
faith. He told how a football player,
who had been drilling and training'
hard for the game, would he asked
by the coach to go into the game
and take another’s place^ and how
this p’ayer would do his very best
without, thought of personal risk
danger, and plow into the line id an
effort to display his training and
ability. The analogy is that we as
hand to attend the o®enings, and to .'Christians, should by-our very faith,
•see their children started. A formal . fee ‘trained -to'meet hny emergency,
opening in the Raeford school was' especially the present one in which
not planned for the opening aay, bnt ^people ol all nations find them-
was to be held later. ^ • | selves,, and to put our all into the
The opening of the schools was •'jjgfet. knowing that faith has nothing
delayed two weeks, and there are,-to fear. He asked that his listen-
four less teachers this year;, the al--; ,^8 look upon 'these present trying
lotments niad© for somg items ^y-i'flayp as. a , time, bf . opportunity;.'to
the effiializatlon board he hafJI - test their faith. He closed 'with the
to stay within, and there have been , jg^^t that the Lord has prepared for
a few misunderstandings on the P^ .'them that love Him.
of parents and. teachers, and some
present. Rev. Frank S. Blue, a
senior at' Union 1 Seminary in Kich-
mond, asked a blessing on the food.
Sandy Grove Church was organ
ized in 1855, and is therefore, 76
years old. The presenit churcli build
ing is the original one, and is still
well kept. ’The membership - at the
nr'eserit tifiie is, . 35. The territory
whlcli the old"7:hurch formerly serv
ed is now largely a part of the Fort
Bragg reservation, but the members
who moved from their old homes still
hold the cTjurcb, dear, and gather
there every fift'li Sui^day for prech-
ingk services. The church lias no
property rigTits, of 'course, in the
reservation, but the membership has
the use .of the cfiurch and its
grounds topg as they may be
wanted. ’The church and cemeteiy
This still had been found a few
days before the raid, and was bein;
watched by the officers. At the
’time of the raid the men were just
winding up some work and abou
eight or ten gallons of whiskey were
taken.
' The county commissioners decided
to turn the case over to the federal
authorities so as to avoid the ex
pense of the trial to the county.
Early Saturday morning, the same
14 Boys And Girls From Ox
ford Institution Present a
Very Enjoyable Program
on Monday Evening.
Highly Esteemed Citizen of
Lower Hr.ke Passed Awajr
Sunday; Interment Made in
Antioch Cemetery.
The Singing Class 'of the Oxford Lawrence Madison Currie, wolT-
Orphanage presented its annual con-1 known resident and highly respect-
cert in the Raeford school auditor-'ed citizen of Antioch towc.ship.
ium Monday evening to a fairly large pased away at his 'esidence Mond.iy
crowd. The class this year is com-, morning, September 28t!'!. at Iff
posed of new members entirely, and o’clock. He had been in failing'
is under new direction. Miss Anna health for many months n-d hiff
Morrison being in charge. The 14 j death had been regarded a? I.ievit-
boys and girls who make up tho able for several days, yet it was j;
class gave a program of unusual in- j shock to his relatives and friends,
terest. Each member of the class i jj0 ^as born at the identical spot
was good in his or her part, but it I inhere he died, in what was then
one must be singled out for special i Robeson, county, January 30, 1867, and'
mention it would be, according to -^gg almost 65 years of age.
comment heard after the entertain
ment, the smallest member of the
class, and presumably the youngest,
little Miss Todd.
The class was at its best in the
chorus numbers, of which there
were five. A duet entitled ‘You
Mustn’t,” by 'Watson, was perhaps
'.he number which drew the most
ipplause. Little Billy Todd and
officers making the raid in Little; Edgar Williams were at their best
are always well kept.
A Lee Uouiity Food, Pasture and
Livestock Show will be held in San-
for^^pq. Ocftober 9 and 10.
AnORlTGiERAL
dissatisfaction because of consolida
tions and changes for Which the
local board is not responsible.' The
Raeford school year has been short
ened. 'But with all of these unfavor-
' able conditions, the outlook is un-
usually good, and everybody con
nected with the schools seems deter
mined to make this vyear, a good one
In every respe^ Everything "weBt-
off smoothly on the opening day,
and'according to ■plans. - ’
The Board of Education Is 'work'-
Ing on a map to be filed with ■ihq
State Board of Equalization, shoe
ing routes for each' tnrtk in the
^ (County. An effort ■yill be mad© to
•secure state maintenan.ce on (jeveral
• (Connecting ’.links. This #111 be gone
into at the re^lar meeting of the
’ ; board next :Monday. "The ttnidka
.cannot be operated on roads not on!
■the state highway map, except by-
■approval of the eMualizatiop 'board,
and on roads ^approved by the high-
'^I'way commiafihm.
STEAM HASTENS GROWTH
^F SWEET POTATO PLANTS
Before beginnmg-his sermfan, Mr.
Bedinger told of the’ opening of
Flora Macdonald College. There are
212 girls enrolled this year—a som3-
^what smaller .student body than last
year, but for many reasons this was
to bfe expected. The studeni: body's
size this year, however, exceeded ex-
pecIlKtions, and th© outlook for a
highly succcessfm year is very good,
indeed. President Bedinger said.
I Mr. Bedinger preached in the'ab
sence of Df. Fairley, pastor of the
church, who preached the Coulennial
sermon at the Clinton Presbyterian
Church, Sunday. j.
Makes Very Interesting Talk
To Kiwanis Club Last
Night; On The Needs Of
The Horn*.
River, made one on a still in Que-
wiffie township. This still had been
watched, but since no one showed u'p
in %om6 time, the officers destroyed
it. It was a small tin can outfit.
Saturday, about noon, the officers
destroyed another still. This one was
also in Quewhiffle township, but was
knocked down in preparation for re
moval to another place for opera
tion, but it vi'as n-1 moved quite
soon enough. The still was a small
one, and none of its operators was
caught.
Iir-t
On his farm near Timberland Mr.
J. D. Tapp used c, system Ihis year
(Of hastening th© growth of sweet
potato plants by heating the soil un-
der the plant bed biy steam pipes. A
' Short item giving the details of this
■plan was recently sent out by the
Associated Press to all its members.
The steam was turned on for about
• an hour a day, and operated from a
small steam ifiant nearby. "When the
ilants in the steam heated bed
,d reached a height of seven Inches,
according to the article, others bed
ded at the same time in unheated
soil were just beginning to break
thr^^ugh the top of the solL
FIRST FOOTBALL GAME
%IS WITH MAXTON HERE
COUNTY FIGURES I
GfNNiG^ REPORT
2,097 Buies df 1931 Crop
Ginned Prior To Septeniber
16, Compared to 1,699 Last
"Year. - /
|.ocal High School Team To Play Ita
First Game October 9.
The football team of the high
' school •will play the team of the
Maxton school on the home grounds,
/ on the Aberdeen road, October 9th,
i at 3:80 p. m., In the first game of
me 19bl sea/son.
The football squad Is hard at work
^ under the direction of Coach A B.
Pa^ett, and , the boys are deter-
( m^d to overcome the handi^ps of
' a light team that is somewhat green,
■fwlth good training that results from
f uard practice.
Squad members have been work-
fTflg.hard, and a good game can be
;cbunted bn next Friday.
|> 4 'Admission charges-'will be 86\centr
I? for ■ adults and ,10 Pjjmto top, wMol
The United States government re
port on glnnings up to September
16, shows 2,097 bales of the 1931
crop ginned in Hoke county. This
gure is larger than that for the same
■period last year, which 'Vras 1,899
"bales.
Total bales of th© new crop ginned
In the state is 40,323, against 32,206
bales for the same period last year.
The excess for th© current year indi
cates an earlier . maturing season,
the report Indicates.
Robeson county easily led the
other counties In this state In gln-
nlngs. Its figures a-re 5,397 bales
up to September 16.
Glnnings In other counties, 1931
and 1930 figures, are: Anson, 3,600
and 2,814 Cleveland, 2,369 and 2,-
450; Cumberland, 2,468 and' 1,473;
Lincoln, 677 and 312; Meckleoburg,
156 and (figures not given); Eleh-
mond, 1,095 and 1,031; Scotland. 3,-
693 and 3,555; Union, 431 and 148.
Attorney General Dennis G. Brum-
Tiiit was the speaker of the evening
at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club
last night and made a speech that
met with the approval of everyone
present. After a few preliniinary re
marks he went into the main idea
Of his address and stressed through
out the necessity of the masses of
the people informing themselves
upon the tax situation in North
Carolina and not losing their 'heads.
He stated that at times like the pres
ent there were dangers, from two
kinds of leadership: one that would
destroy the very foundations of our
government and make of our coun
try another Russia or some *such
kind of state; and the other the
leader who would use the distress of
the present to saddle upon otir gov
ernment false leadership and wrong
theories of government. A p)'»a for
Intelligence, for an Informal citizen
ship on the question of taxation, was
the keynote of Mr. Brummlt’s ad
dress and he left his hearers con
vinced that it Is one of the crying
needs of the hour.
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"While Mr. Brummit is a candidate
for • the Democratic nominatlo'i for
govembr next year, his speech was
strictly devoid of anything political
and was well received' by a large
attendance. He is a man of pleaekig
pejnsonallty nad forcMhl delivery.
lESTROrjD^BI RRE
House on North Green Street
Belonging to F. G. Leach
Burned Early Sunday Morn
ing.
in this offering.
An operetta, “The Cruise of the
Trundle Bed,’’ by Tracy, made up the
second part of the program, and
again the members of the class dis
played their talent and training to
a high degree.
Mr. L. W. Alderman is again the
manager of the class, and between
the two parts of the program he
Lawrence Currie, as he was pop
ularly known, was the eldest son
and child of the late Captain Frank
Currie, a brave Confederate soldier
who died about 50 years ago, and
Mrs. Margaret Graham Currie, wno
passed away a few years ago at the
advanced age of 85, both of whom-
were members of prominent Scotch
families. He was a familiar figure
in lower Hoke and upper Robesort
counties and was prominent in local
military circles, having joined the
Old Lumber Bridge Light Infantry at
its reorganization in 1887. He spent
several months on the Mexican bor
der in 1917 as first lieutenant in the
same company, known then as Com
pany “L” N. C. National Guard. He
united with Antioch Presbyteriam
church many years ago. and was a'
told something of the work at the attendant upon its services
Orphanage and how it is doing its
best in training for usefulness its
nearly 400 b03's and girls, from
until forced to remain away by ill
ness. A loyal friend and helpful
neighbor, his going is a distinct loss.
homes all over the state. The class, tp the community in which he lived.
A house on North Green street,
belonging to Mr. F. G. Leach, was
totally destroyed by fire about two
o’clock Sunday morning. The local
fire fighters answered the call quick
ly but the house was too far gone
when they arrived on the scene for
their efforts to be any good.
The house was unoccupied, the
family of Mr. S. L. Akins having
moved out of it the day before. No
cause for • the fire is known. Tho
owner, Mr. Leach, went through
the house the afternoon before and
is sure no fires were left burning,
and as it was cleaned up the day
before he knew of no debris of any
kind left in the building which could
have caused spontaneous combustion.
The electrical wires had been discon
nected. The loss is covered by insur
ance.
was welcomed by Mr. W. P. Haw-
field, and an offering was made.
It is a treat that the Raeford peo
ple have every year in hearing the
Oxford Orphanage Singing Class, and
having its members visit in their
homes. The programs are always
looked forward to with pleasure,
and justly so.
SOLICITOR McNElLL GETS
AUTOMOBILE OFFER
NOTICE TO U. D. C. MEMBERS
The Ra^ord Chapter U. D. C. will
meet on Wednesday afternoon, Oc
tober 7, at three o’clock at the home
of Mrs. W. F. Trawick, with Mrs.
H. L. Gatlin and Mrs. A. D. Carswell,
joint hostesses
Mrs. H. W. B. 'Whitley la program
leader for the meeting. All members
are urged to attend, as delegates
will he elected at this meeting to
attend the General Convention In
Jacksonville, Fla., In November.
Special attention is called to the
change In the hour of the meeting
3 p. m., October 7th.
(Charlotte Observer)
Rowland, Sept. 26.—Friends of
Solicitor T. A. McNeill, of Lumber-
ton, who live in the vicinity of Row
land, have offered to give him an
automobile and furnish him free gas
oline to make a canvass of every
county in North Carolina If he will
consent to enter the race for gover
nor.
WAREHOUSES ARE
ASin CLOSE
Virginia Farmers Take This
Step In Protesting Against
Low Prices Prevailing In Old
Belt.
Surviving are his wife, who, be
fore marriage, was Miss Virginia
Hall, daughter of the late Nathan
Hall and Josephine Hall of Dun-
darrach, two sons, Francis, of Pine-
hurst. and Albert, of Hopewell. Va.,
and one daughter. Miss Mary Kate,
who is still at home, and four grand
children. Also one brother, Mr.
Alex G. Currie, who lived with the
family of the deceased, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Flora G. Cobb, of Maxton,
and Mrs. John B. Ray, of Red
Springs.
The funeral was conducted from
the home Tuesday morning at 10:30
by his pastor. Rev. G. . Hanna, an.fl
interment was made in the cemetery
at Antioch. The pall bearers were-:
Capt. Ernest McGougan, John A..
Currie, Herbert Humphrey, Dan
Graham, Zeb McMillan, and ■^. A.
McBryde, all cousins or close friends
of the deceased.
STATE FAIR TICKETS
NOW BEING SOLD
POLITICS AND PERSON’
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CENTENNIAL SERMON AT
CUNTON BY DR. FAIRLEY
, Dr. W. M. Fairley, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, went to Clinton
last Sunday to preach the Centennial
sermon at Graves Memorial Church
there. This church was organized
by his grandfather, Rev. Alex Mc-
Iver, in 1831—one hundred years
ago. Several hundred people at
tended the Centennial, a feature of
which was the bountiful dinner serv
ed on the grounds Just after tl;e ser
mon. In the afternoon . Mr. Henry
Ftdqqn addressed the gather^g on
the!
Nothing since the war debt, mora
torium has provoked such a buzz
speculation as Governor Albert C.
Ritchie’s recent speech before the
American Bar Association. Riding
his favorite hobby, ' States’ Rights,
the Maryland executive charged into
th© advocates of power regulation
by the federal government and at
tempted to rout them. His attack
has given rise to numerous ques
tions:
Is the Governor- trylnl; to regain
his lost position as an Important
Democratlo presidential prospect?
'While his remarks were directed at
a whole political faction, his main
target obviously 'was Franklin
Rooseyelt, chief pretender to the
Democratic throne In 1982«- The
party does not relish Roosevelt’s ties to take concurrent action. This
economic liberalism, particularly as was done in the, hop^ that the
Raleigh. Sept. 3l>.—Season tickets
at $2.50 each will be sold for the
North Carolina State Fair again
this year; and, although this feature
has not heretofore been announced
through the press, requests for them
have already begun to pour into the
office of T. B. Smith, manager-sec
retary, at Raleigh. The regular sin-
Danville, Va., Cept. 30. — Warn-1 gle admission tickets will be sold at
housemen of Danville were today 75 cents while, children 12 years o’d
asked to close their auction centers and under will be admitted in the
from October 2 to October 19 at, a daytime for 35 cents and at night for
meeting of landowners and farmers j 25 cents, when the gare 'for adults
held in a theatre at Chatham. It! will be 50 cents
was a protest by the growers to pre
vailing prices paid for their leaf at
the opening of the selling season
yesterday, notwithstanding a price
average of 7.37 cents per pound and
one considered by many elements of
the trade as proportionate with the
values offered.
The Chatham meeting was attend
ed by about 175 farmers and was
presided over by J. E Stone, county
agent. The resolutions brought in
by a committee of representative
farmers also called on the growers
to keep .their tobacco In the bam
and urged contiguous tobacco coun-
Cumberland County farmers co
operated to ship a mixed car of
hogs and sheep to the Richmondi
market last iweek.
MIDDLING COTTON
Middling Cotton was selling on the
streets of Raeford, Thursday ot
firom 6 1-8 to 6 1-2 cents.
COON SEASON NOW OPEN
Warden MoLean Asks Hunters To
Be Careful About Fires.
regards utility regulation. Does
Ritchie hope that this element will
express its dlssatisfa^on with the
New "Yorker by rallylniparound Mary
land’s favorite son? .
Or Is Ritchie Instigating a “Stop
Roosevelt” movement for the benefit
.of some other Democratic candidate?
If so, is the 'beneficiary Owen D.
Young, A1 Smith or Newton D.
Baker? At least two of these gentle
men rank higher than Roosevelt with
the Raskob party forces, and the
Marylander’s remarks on prohibition
and power dovetail perfectly with
the Raskob views which disrupted
the Democratic conference in Wash-
coQseryatjve elemrat theington spring.
world’s financial situation might have
a chance to resolve itself. Next Tnes-
daiy afternoon at 2 o’clock another
meeting will be held at Chatham
when according to Stone “a more
definite programme” will be out
lined.
The Chatham action had no mark
ed effect here, the view being that
the closing of the warehouses could
not relieved the situation complain-'
ed of which Is conceded to be be-
growers. It was considered doubtful
if the warehouses would close be-
couse there are farmers who still
desiire an outlet lor the product
despite the low pricea DMiveries
were pructioaUy at a atai^tUl to-
H. R. McLean, game warden for
Hoke and Scotland counties, re
minds hunters that coons may be
hunted with dog and gun now, the
season for fur-bearers having open
ed on October 1. Trappers, however,
says Mr. MoLean, must wait until
November 15, to begin their activi
ties. Th© season for fur-bearers,
which includes coona oppossuma
minka skunka otters and muskrata
lasts untl Februi^ 15,
Warden McLean asks.that huators
be very careful with He warns
that a forest ftre vrlll deetrogr, toa
borne of the animalB, aside frwi‘^iit!l
er loss and poai^ sse^
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