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“Chief Executive, Among Thou
sand Attending Revolution^
ary Pageant; Draws Inspir
ation From Celehraticm.
Torktown. Va., Oct; 19.—Th^ sur
render field of YorktOTSTi felt again
today the tread -of m arching men in
powdered wigs commemorating Geo
rge WMhington's victory df 160
Tears ago. / • .
Present was the Slst President of
the/ United States and most of the
-aistingfuished officials of the ' Army
and Navy. They, with twice
Tnany spectators as there were com-
hatants in the field, on that mendor
able day of 1781, watched with rapt
interest as the British General O’Hara
in'; tlght-fltti^ uniform, off'’red the
■Bjword of Cornwalils to Washington.
Mr. Hoover found Inspiration .in
the picture which the pagent evoked,
and urged the nation of today to
emulate the sturdy colonists oit rero-
iationary times, -Md have faith in
■^6 future of their. country.
.^If look back over these 150
■Jdars, we see our nation making
l^ogress with- every decade,” the
resident said.
"While temporary dislocations have
come to ns because of the World
war, we must not forget that our
forefathers met similar obstacles to
progress time and again, and yet
the nation has swept forward to
ever increasing strength.-
“The unparalleled rise of America
has not, been the result of riches in
lands, forests, or mines; it sprung
from the ideas and Ideals which
liberated minds apd stimulated the
spirits of -men. In those iddas and
ideals are the soul of the people.
“No American can review this vast
pageant of progress without conii
dence and faith, without . courage,
strength and resolution for the fu
ture”
in
County is , Fcwty-Second
State With 10.7 Poroent De-
, create; Only Twelve Coun
ties Show Incrfiaite.
\
Nearly 30,000 persons heard the
President’s speefeh, but there were
nearer 20,000 spread around the 260-
acre field’ for the afternoon pa
geantry. It was a good-natured
drowd which even gave Cornwallis
some applause when Washington’s
dinner, to General Rochambeau was
re-enacted.
The.' President caught a note of
that friendliness in his speech when
he paid , tribute both to the defeated
British and the French allies. He
answered the criticism which had
been ptlrred up some weeks ago by
those who were fearful that the sur
render pageant would be an insult
to the British. He pointed out that
“the Ideals for which the Americans
fought also went forward and tri
umphed in England itself.”
In a table based oh the 1930 census
of agriculture,, Hoke County ranks
forty-second among the 100 counties
of the state in' percent of increase
and decrease of farms operated by
full owners', during the last decade.
Full owners are farm operators who
own all the iand they operate. They
may also own land operated by ten
ants.
Hoke County bad 392 full owners,
which was a decrease of 10.7 per
cent from 1920.
In only 12 counties, Mitchell, Hay
wood, Catawba, Avery, Stokes, Rich
mond, Jackson, Madison, Clay, Roch-
ingham, Bladen and Durham, did the
number of full owner increase. In
88 counties /farms operated by full
owners declined in number. This is
a n^w experience in North Carolina.
in Martin County, the per cent of
decrease in full o-wners ,, vras the
largest, being 35 per cent.-” It is
pointed out by the University New.^
Letter that a decrease in farms op
erated by owners may be more sig
nificant than an increase in tenants.
There were 115,765 . farms in the
state operated by owners against
131,847 in 1920. The - decrease being
16,082 farms or 12.2 per cent for the
state. Farms operated by tenants in
creased . 20,156 or l7.2 per cent.
Moore County was 53rd in the table
with 1,098 full owners, a decrease of
14.5'per cent; Harnett was 54th with
1,503 full owners, a decrease of 14.6
per cent; Scotland was 6th, with 272
full owners, a decrease of 16.8 per
cent; Robeson was 73rd with 1,864
full owpers, a decrease of 18.9 pey
cent; Cumberland was 93rd with 998
full owners, a dcrease of 27.2 per
cent.
RAEFORD, N. G. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931
lomas A. ^8(011, Greatest Inventor
Of An ■nme, Pa«ej Away Simday fShSB M tflii
Never Aroused Fi^dbi Three
• Day Coma; - Last Words
Were “It Is Very Beauti
ful Over There.”
"West Orange. N. J.t—Thomas 'A.
Edison 'died peacefully before dgwn
Sunday at the Hilltop''' estate where
he labored to give light, work and
recreation to millions.
The 84-year-old inventor, who lay
deep in a coma at the end. did not
wish to' live. Dr. Hubert S. Howe
disclosed, when he realized his com
plete recovery was impossible.
. ^Hls wife and six children, close
in atten-dance during the last; stages
of the 11 weeks sickness, had been
told by Mr. Edison that his work
was finished. He would rather leave
the world, he said; than huirden
them with the disabilities of age
and illness.
In the quiet of the early morning
in the" Lewell3m Park estate a formal
notice of Mr. Edison’s passing was
brought to newspapermen by Arthur
L. Wash, vice-president of Thomas A.
Edjson Industries, Inc.
Pale and visibly shaken, Mr. Walsh
walked down a,tree-lined path from
the home to press headquarters in
the Edison garage- to read the bul
letin :
“Thomas Alva Edison quietly pass
ed away at 24 minutes after 3 a.
m., October 18, 1931, (signed) Dr.
Hubert S. Howe.”
Almost instantly the message girdl
ed the globe by telephone and tele
graph systems which were a part of
the industries valued at $15,000,000,-
000 to which Mr. Edison contributed
lajor inventions.
THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
$1.50 YEAR IN advance
lOCAl MEN SEEK
South Carolina Seed Soecud-
^ ist Urges Ltve-at-Hoirie,
Grow Major Money .Crop
and Have Sideline.
OOVEK HEIf
Join Reprnentatives Fi-om
Other Counties in Asking-
Gardner to Call Special
Session For Cotton Relief.
THOM AS A. EDISON!
Cut Courtesy. News and Observer.
RAEFORD DEFEATS
SHUTTLE AIR SERVICE IS
PLANNED FOR PINEHURST
Pinbhurst. Oct. 19.—^An aerial hook
up that ^wlll be of considerable im
portance to' Northern visitors to
Southern resorts is dependent on thie
success ^f an application filed during
the . past week with the United State
Department of Commerce requesting
approval of an airline connecting the
Plnehurst fiylng field at Knollwood
with Rfilelgh for the purpose of met
ing the Eastern Air Transport’s north
and south hound planes each day.
* The application has been filed by
Maj. Lloyd O. Yost, in charge of the
Knollwood airport. If the applica
tion is approved operations will be
gin on Dedember land continue
tjiropghout the Sandhills resort sea
son.
This' shuttle ’^'ervlce would enable
Sandhills travelers to leave the local
airport at nooh ynd arrive in Ne-w
York at 7 p. p., w Jacksonville be
fore 6 p, m. - \
While the clicking instruments
still were transmitting the first news
•of Mr. Edison’s death, there • came
from bis family, in the form of a
statement, their answer to the oft-
asked question whether the inventor
changed his religious beliefs before
death.
The statement read:
“The question has been asked
I whether Mr. Edison changed ^is re
ligious views b^^)re death. Members
of the Edison family state this is a
difficult question to answer because
^ , of tlio widespread misunderstahding
Wms by 7-6 Score in Its Sec of what his beliefs actually were. Mr.
ond Game of Season; Coach^ to have chang-
o m w „ attributed to him' which he
Padgett’s Boys Play Well Lever held.
as Unit. | “He never was an atheist. Though
he subscribed to no orthodox creed,
Raeford High defeated Lanrlnbiirg I doubled Ws^be^w'in
in a hard fought battle of football'on ?er a sun^eme^ rByevence
the latter’s; grounds, last Friday af-lZoll ihcXldelp
temoon, by the score of 7-6. laeais oi
PINES
CHIEF'IS KILLED
Everett McLean, Negro, Kills
Officer Near Durham,
Causes Death of Sister,
Wounds Wife and Kills Self.
Diversification, the growing of
better v-rieties and increasing per
acre yields, with expanded speci
alization will make farmtag in the
Carolinas securely prospefous, says
David R.» Coker, of Hartsvllle, S. C.,
who probably has done more than
any qther pan in the South to
wards Improving agriculture.
"As many or more useful agricul
tural products can be grown eco
nomically in- the Carolinas than; as
far as I am informed, anywhere else
in the world,” he said in an inter
view at his home. “One of the en
couraging fhctors in the fai^ning
outlook for this section is that we
are beginning to know and appreci
ate our resourses. Another is that
farmers are recognizing the impor
tance’ of intelligence intensively ap
plied to what they do.”
Despite discouraging factors, “the
farmei;, who own#his land and is
cut of debt is basically the best off
person in the country,’’ declared
the man whose pedigreed varieties
of farm products, notably cotton, are
now found tlircughout the Carolinas
and other areas of the South.
Here is his recipe of success ia
future for the avei’age farmer In
-Noyth and South Carolina:
“Produce all possible of food and
feed needed in the home and on the
place; grow a major money crop,
using the best variety and methods
;or each situation; then have, ai
a sideline, a specialty in which tho
grower is or may become expert.”
There is room for great expansion
of specialized farming as a sole or
Durham, Oct. 21.—Everett McLean,
28-year-old negro, ran amuck in a
speeding car near here today, shot
and killed B. H. Beasley. 40, South-, ■ , , ^
ern Pines police chief, caused the endeavor in the Carolinas.
death of his ^ister, Georgia McLean. advises all
wounded his wife, Pearl McLean, and that can do so to hold on
then committed suicide in the ’ Dur-1 supplies,
ham county jail after being arrested.
The killings occurred without
warning as the chief was driving the
negro’s car back from Boydton, Va.,
where he had accompanied the Mc
Lean family on an errand of friend
ship. .
CONES TO RAEFORD
By BOB COVINGTON
News>IonrnaI Special Writer.
Fifty North Carolina farmers, rep
resenting a large portion of the farm
ing population of Eastern North Car
olina. and under the leadership of
N. G.-Gartlett, secretary of the East
ern North Carolina Chamber of Com
merce. .met with. Governor Gardner
m his office in the capitol building at
Raleigh Wednesday afternoon and
reiterated their previous plea for a
special le^gislative session to consider
legislation for the relief of the cotton
situation. While most of the con
sideration was directed toward the
cotton situatiou',_ tobacco and peanuts
came in for a share of the discussion,
particularly with farmers whose sec
tions raised these latter two products
in quantity. ’
Governor Gardner accorded the
visitors a very respectful hearing
and when their statements had been
concluded, gave his own opinion in
an informal talk which covered a time
almost equal to that required by the
ten or more farmers to state their
opinion. The governor did not at the
conclusion of the hearing give any
positive answer to the pleas of the
farmers for a special session, content
ing himself with assuring them that
their request should have his most
sincere consideration and that his
heart was deeply concerned with their
problems which became bi.s problems,
through the responsibility of hia
office.
Ryan McBryde, Big Lumber
Magnate, to Aid Unemploy
ment Problem Aecording to
Laurie McEachem.
Laurinburg kicked off to Raeford,
honest loving service to his fellow
^tubercj6losis clinic
IN SCHOOLS CW COuilTY
Sometime diirtng: the i»ext week a
tuter^ttlosls spdhlaHst frok the State
g^lterlum will make tesk for tuber-
white school childrexA
Mn'The county in the first thtk grades.
Any parents who objqot k hayins
their ohild* tested eiduld ndtify the
■*»‘child’s teacher in.writing,. v
MIDD^NG COTTON'
AbOiit a week , ago the price of
cotton Jiegan to Jake a little rise eacli
.day. — ^ -
r 'has held this in-
fcrease^. Many of the -fWers, how-
. ever,, have already sold most of their agement
cotton and were not benefitted very
nmch by the sudden rise.
.v
.h. th«, ^™need .0 tow
half of the game.' Laurinburg-scored The statement then quoted five
first, however, but Raeford immedi- verses- from the twenty-second chap-
ately retaliated and made the extra I ter of Matthews:
point good, which put them on the ,
top side of the score. All scoring Then one of them, which was a
was done in the first half. Raeford’s asked him a question tempt-
touchdown came after Bill Mclnnis saying >
Intercepted a vpass, and on the first which is the great corn-
play went off tackle, for 17 yards for in the law?’
the score. The extra point waft made “Jesus, saifi unto him, ‘Thou shalt
by a line' plunge. , love tha Lord thy God with all thy
’The Raeford team showed consider- ^ithVX
able improvement from the showing « .rrK,n
nmdU'in the opening game with Land^eL great com-
Candor, .the week before. . ®jrery man » j i
Ptayd a good T^»h.le _.,af 1- “to dnto 11,
team played as^>w*=T„i I .. thy neighbor as
qd well as such. , , „
■ . Dn these two commandments
Next Game With Red Springs. hang all the law and the prophets.”
The team will play Red Springs . To this picture Dr. Howe, In a
Friday (today) at Red Springs, and copyrighted story for the Associat-
another good «ame is expected, od Press added a description of two
Coach Padgett’? work is rnnking r.
•self shown In a team that works we’d
as a unit, and the team will be in
even better shape this week.
On Friday. October 30, Raeford
plays Carthage in Raeford.
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Beasley was shot twice from be
hind. apparently without motive. I
When the car left the road and was |
demolished, Georgia was killed. Me-1
Lean then shot his wife through the I
shoulder and fled with Jhnlus Aua- j
tin, another negro who was in the
car, and the McLean infant, which One Ryan McBfyd®, a product of
■’^QiDj’ired. Later he abandoned Blue Springs Township, who slipped
the baby, and returned to the wreck, I into Raeford and took up his re,si-
where his wounded wife pretended dence here several years ago, has
to be dead until he left. She is ex- pulled off a first , class deal of gi-
pected to recover. gantlc importance. It is well known
McLean fled to Raleigh from hero K^^ become quite a lum-
in a taxicab and caught a bus from
the state capital to Tarboro, .where credit and before the
he was captured. Hoover Prosperity he is said
j to have, operated two all at the
Several months ago McLean' and j time but in different loca-
his wife quarreled while on an an- tlons. It is reported on fairly re-
tomobile trip, and he threw her from authority that he has moved
the Roanoke river bridge, near Boyd- these saw mills to Raeford
ton. She fell to a sand bar and was staked it down at or near the
rescued, but later McLean was in- Planing mill of the Raeford Lumber
dieted at Boydton on a charge of at- B" 1® not known whether or not
tempted murder. this mill has a whistle on it but
„ . , no strange noises of this type have
waving forgotten their quan-el, been in evidence recently, so his
McLean, who was under $5,000 bond, friends, chiefly Laurie McEachem
and his wife went to Boydton yes- (the gentleman of Legisiative. Ag-
Farmers Speak.
The representatives of the special
session cause gathered in the capitol *
rotunda at two o’clock. Governor
Gardner and his private secretary.
Mr. Edwin Gill, of Lavrinburg. camo
in at two-twenty-five and the delega
tion was immediately ushered into
Die governor’s office where the meet
ing was thrown open in a very in
formal manner, the governor sug
gesting that the men speak their mind
without even arising from their chairs ■
if that suited them better. The speak
ers, however, rose in turn and spoke
the senUment of their communities
jn a brief ipgppeF,
terday to ask the commonwealth’s at-
orney to drop the case. The negro
asked Beasley, an old acquaintance,
to accompany .them.
'The negroes saw the "Virginia at
torney, heard him refuse their plea,
and were on the way home, the wo-
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McGill and ses;^omi$
MARKET closed
Tho market run by. Mr, Neill IJc-
Glll was closed Monday morning, Mr.
McGill. having made a voluntary as
signment of his assets for the benefit
of his creditore. The McGill market
was almost a landjmark in Raeford,
being about the same age as the
town Itself. It is regretted that the
pressure' of the times was felt to
such an extent on this old market,
where Raeford people for year? went
to purchase their meats. '
The business has been known re-
^ntly as McGill & .Sessoms, Mr.
McGUl having been assisted by his
grandson, Neill Ssessoms, in its man-
POLITICS AND PERSONALITIES
® Raeford lady de-
clared she could not wear her new
hat because she had no dfess
For a Republican administration to
have insisted upon the presence of
an American at the League of Na
tions .se’sslons on the Manchurian
controversy is nothing short of epo
chal. It proves, for one thing, that
■the Administration finally recognizes
the League as the most effeci^Te
peace machinery^ In existence. Al
most anything can come out of the
present International tangle, but this
much is certain: a League of Nations
is with us to stay. Even if it fails
In this crisis, even If the League ma-
chlneiT' ^should, decompose in this
era-, the idea will live and must be
born again.
Perhaps the Administration’s attl-.
tude is partially inspired by .a desire
to deprive the Democrats of an inter
national Issue in 1932! Or the pprty
in power may honestly be attempt-
tag to undo some of the universal
injury wrought by its post-war ‘pol-
^ i practiced by
Reed Smoot, apostle of tariff pro-
tectlonlsm, Andrew Mellon, apostle of
collapsible prosperity, and Herbert
Hoover, no apostle, bat a promoter,
who as Secretary of Commerce spent
millions to; capture world markets
and as President signed-a tariff bill
that prohibited debtor nations from
selling to ns and so obtaining money
to buy from us or to pav ns. Conse
quently, we have taken about one-
half the world's gold, a . duty-free
commodity, and thus are responsible
for England’s departure from the gold
standard and the currency troubles
in many other nations.
Even the Republican Irreconcilables
are beginning to ciit their interna
tional eye teeth. Senator James Wut-
son, Republican floor leader and one
of the staunchest nationalists in Con
gress, recently proposed a reduction
of war debts and reparations and a
ten-year naval holiday, of 25 per cent
.cut in all navies based on the ratios
established at the. London naval con
ference. If the Democrats don’t get
busy, they wUl be showed into the
dompartitive positib^^ of iso|atioQ-
Isti!
riculture and Chin notoriety) says
that they use a cow bell for a whis
tle. Ryan and Laurie hail from the
same neck of the woods and are
somewhat thick with each other, so
it is presumed that the latter knows
his onions and whereof he speaks.
Ryan avows, affirms and declares
that since moving his mill to the
City of Raeford he is saving enough
money on slabs to pay off all of
his debts in short order, though
Pelham Covington and 'Bob Lewis
have not, as yet confirmed this
statement. It does seem, however,
that out at saw mills in the country
the 'slabs have a tendency to dis
appear but that ip ■ town they can
be cut into stove wood and turned
into some ready cash.
This enterprising young mill mag
nate asked for some free publicity
and this is It
Gob Young, representative from
Harnett, spoke first assuring the gov
ernor that his Gonstitnents were
heartily in favor of legislation to pre
vent surpluses in cotton, tobacco and
neanuts. FoUowing Mr. Yeung, Mr..
McAustln, of Robeson County, spoke,,
pointing out that . at the prevfous:
meeting two outstanding drawhac&e
were emphasized, that there was no
surety of the opinion of the people
and no assurance that the legislative
body, if caUed, would not spend the
people’s money by taking up other
matters. Mr. Austin said that he was
sure that the people of Robeson want-
«d the session and that they had se
cured the pledge of their representa
tives that they would not attempt to
pass any other legislation during the
session. “The Robeson County farm
er has gone as far as he can go,” said '
Mr. Austin, “and he is therefore ask-
ing for the aid of special legation.”
M A. Thompson, of Maston. editor
of the ScotUsh Chief, pointed out
that former objections to the session
had been met and took occasion to
say that the only matter which the
armers wanted to accomplish was
one which they believed was for the
JSe.S'™
Small Faiyners Helpless.
NORTH CAROUNA FAIR
LIKELY TO BREAK EVEN
Raleigh, Oct 19.—The North Caro
lina state fair, which ended Satur
day, will “probably hre^ even,”
Henry Burke, assistant director of
the state budget said today.
Mr. Burke said it was Indicated
that the fair receipts would meet ex
penditures without necessitating the
use of any. of the $10,000 appro
priated by the legislature.
If the fair, which was" attended by
the largest crowds in fecent years,
pays i^ own way, ,
Mr. McKeel. of Craven County, made
one of the most impressive talks of
the afternoon -when he told of the
rirculatlon of a petition in his coun-
small farmers were
wIlUi^ to sign until hey found that
woro indifferent.
NaturaUy, Mr. McKee! pointed out.
the small termer did not wish to bind
nlmself when he felt that by doing
so he would leave the big farmer
freg to redp the gains. This, he said,
IS the reason why the curtailment of
a^age must be made positive, in
or^ to protect the small farmer.
^Mr. p. S. Moss, of Halifax County,
characterized himself as a ‘real
dirt termer,” one who “■was raised
in the sticks and stayed in the sticks.”
^ured the governor that his county
had tried diversified farming but that
something more drastic was needed
in the present crisis. That something,
he said, is reduction by law.
Law Would Work No Hardship.
Discussing the probable result of
reduction legislation, Mr. Townsend,
of Robeson County, stated that he
did not feel that a law requiring a
thirty per cent reduction would be a'
great burden in North CarottBa term- ’
ers but that the moral effeet of NtyiVy
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