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THE HOKE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME xxvn—Number 31
RAEFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1931
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T. CoTington Presents Bust Of
Late John W. McLaudilui to County
Gift Made to Commissioners
Monday is Gladly Accepted
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Court House.
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A committee consisting of Dr. H.
R. Cromartie, Paul Dickson, H. L.
Gatlin and R. B. Lewis appeared be
fore the Board of County Commis
sioners at their regular meeting on
Monday morning,' and "presented for
Mr. W. T. Covington, a bust of the
late Mr. J. W. McLauchlin, to be
placed in the hall of the first fioor
of the court house. The commission
ers gladly accepted it, and expressed
the opiniofl that citizens of the coun
ty would greatly appreciate Mr. Cov-
inigton’s gift, and would be glad to
see it placed in the court house, the
land for which was given by Mr. Mc
Lauchlin.
The committee appearing before
the Board and Mr. J. S. Johnson were
appointed as a committee to arrange
for the placing of the bust in the
court house, and also for a formal
presentation and acceptance of it,
thev services to taTce place on or
( about December 25, 1931, at which
date it is thohght that most relatives
of Mr. McLauchlin will be able to be
present. It is likely that former Gov
ernor A. W. McLean, of Lumbertou,
will be the speaker.
Those who have seen the bust say
that it is the best work ever done by
Mr. Covington, who' has established
an enviable reputation for himself in
• this line, and that the bust is an ex
cellent likeness of the man who led
such an exemplary life in this com
munity.*
Work has already been started on
a suitable niche for the bust, in the
court house. It will be placed just
to the left of the door of the office
of the Regi|ter .of Deeds.
Teachers* Meeting
, Is Very Successful
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MM HONOR ROli
25., G^rade and 17 High School
Students Satisfy Require
ments for First Month’s
Honor List.
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The first county-wide teachers’
meeting was heid on last Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock. All teacli.ers
and principals w'ere present and all
seemed in excellent spirit. Mr. W.
J. Coates, principal of the Mildou-
son school, was elected temporary
chairman. Mr. J. F. Lowrance, prin
cipal of the Raeford school, was
elected president, and Miss Carrie
Sturgis, of the Raeford school, was
elected vice-president. Mr. Coates
was elected secretary-treasurer. It
was voted to hold the annual teach
er-trustee banquet again. The ban
quet has become an annual affair and
if as good one can be arranged this
year al was the one last year, a gobd
time is in store for all who will at
tend. The trustees and other offi
cials will receive Invitations as soon
as the date is settled upon by the
committee. Mr. Lowrance has ap
pointed Mr. Smoak, of the Antioch
school, Mr, Fort, of the Ashemont
school, Mr. George, of the Rockfish
school. Miss Hudson of the Mildou-
son school, and Miss Waller, of the
Raeford school as a progfam com
mittee.
After the business session, Mr,
. Lowrance called on Superintendent
Hawfleld, who made a few remarks
explaining some points of the new
school , legislation. He then gave
what he considered the excellent
teacher, as follows:
1. Loves children and is sym
pathetically interested in their ai
fairs.
2. Has a good-sportsman, non-
critical attitude towards other teach-
Forty-two pupils,, twenty-five in
the grades and seventeen in the
High School, made the necessary
grades to gain position on the honor
roll for the first school month. There
will be just one honor roll this year.
Prof. Lowrance says. Instead of the
two that were used last year. He
adds that the requirements for mak
ing the honor roll are: (1) An aver
age of not less than 90 on all stud
ies, (2) Not les sthan 90 on deport
ment, and (3) No unexcused absences
or tardies.
The honor , roll for each grade
follows:
First Grade—Hugh McL9,uchlin
Second Grade—LoJs Alexander,
Mildred Campbell, Mary Thomas
Carswell
Third Grade—Yvonne Ban com,
Miary Lewis.
Fourth Grade—‘Kathleen Campbell
Tom McLauchlin, Douglas McNeill,
Beth McDonald, Imogene Baucom
Lillian McKay.
Fifth Grade—Nancy Peele, Irvin
.Currie, Ben Campbell, Jimmy Greene,
Annie Neal Campbell, Ellen Currie,
Agnes Mae Johnson, Mary Shaw
McDiarmid.
Sixth Grade—Ruth Warner, Flora
Alice Peterson, Frances McFadyen,
Seventh Grade—Lena Blue Mc
Fadyen, David Scott Currie.
The honor roll for the High School
is as follows:
Irma Jordan, Thelma Strothers,
Ruby Hair, Reba Maxwell, Elaine
Mclnnis Robert Weaver, Sam Mor
ris, Clennie Cook, Caroline Parker,
Maty I. " Ra^; Ruth Scull, Doris Rob
ertson, David Liles, Jack McDuffie,
Marvin Saunders Pailline Biggs,
Thaddeus Koonce.
High School Organized.
At the chapel perio.. last Friday
morning, all pupils of the High
School met to organize the student
body and to elect the necessary
officers to start the organizatiop.
Junius Riley was elected'president;
Henry McArthur, vice-presicVant;
Jennie Clark, secretary-treasurer;
Elizabeth McBryde and Hudson
Graham, cheer leaders. The organ
ization will be completed soon, with
the election of officers for the home
rooms and for members of the stu-
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BoU Burglaries Are ConuaHted m
Tln-ee Raeford Homes Tuesday NigNt
N. C. FOnullON
IS UROEIV RIIRAl
Homes of Ryan McBryde, W-
E. Blue and Cdin Shaw
Entered — Burglar After
Money Only—No Clues.
State Remains One of Amer
ica’s Most Rural—Is Eitceed-
ed Only by Pennsylvania
and Tex^
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3. Is discreet in social lif^, and
shows regard and respett for the
community standees of social life.
4. Participates regularly and ac
tively in the community affairs and
religious activities.
6, Maintains an Intimate contact
with the homes represented by the
ch||Bren of her room by personal
vims and other contacts.
6. Qo-operates with, the principal
and county officials by making re
ports promptly and accurately.
7. Plans and prepares all daily
work thoroughly and comprehen
sively.
8. Is ' alert and. open minded to
acquire and apply the latest and best
methods of teaching.
9. Stands most of the time while
teaching—thus reaching every mem
her of the group.
10. Speaks' in a pleasant, even
tone of voice, and so as to Interest
aTl of the class. '
14. Is cheqrful and optlniistlc, be
lieving that everything will turn out
right, gnd that things can be done.
Mr. Hawfleld • expressed great gp*
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RAEFORD HIGH TEAM
DEFEATS CARTHAGE
Season’s Fourth Game Results
in 13-0 Victory for Locals
—-Padgett’s Team Making
Good Showing.
Raeford High School football team
scored its third victory of the season
here last Friday afternoon with a
clean defeat of Carthage" High by
the score of 13-0. Raeford’s scores
came in the early part of the first
quarter and in the middle of the
last.
The entire game was characterized
by the good ball played by the local
team, with Bine, Epstein, Womble,
Currie and Norton doing some very
good work. There were practically
no gains through the Raeford line,
and Carthage’s only threat came
in the second quarter when they ad
vanced the ball to Raeford’s 20-yard
line. Several other advances started
by Cafthage were checked in mid
field. /
Fiftieth Aimiversary Red Cross Roll
Call Begins Wednesday, November 11
This Year the Red Cross Needs Your Support More Than
Ever—:Dr. R. L. Murray is Roll Call Chairman in \
Hoke County.
The fiftieth anniversary Red Crojjs
Roll Call occurs November 11 to 2C,
and, this year, the call to Red Cross
membership is more than ever aq
appeal to patriotism. This great
agency with its far flung chapters has
served the Nation well in ministering,
to human needs. It relieves distress
and this year the need for relievina
distress is acute, perhaps more so
than in all th eorganization’s^ many
years of service. ,
Dr. R. L. Murray is chairman of
the Roll Call in Hoke County, and he
asks that everyone j'oin the Red
Cross and become a part of this great
body that exists for the alleviation oi
humanity in distress. Assisting Dr.
Murray are "the following workers:
Misses Satah Cromartie, Winnie
McNeill, Mattie Wilson, Louise Blue,
Kathleen Dew, Margaret Walters and
Loyd Tapp, in Raeford, and in the
school, Miss Xymena Smith.
At Dundarrach, Mrs. Jesse Gibson
will be in charge of the Roll Call;
at Sanatorium, Mrs. P P. McCain; at
Atnoich, Mr. R. A. Smcak, principal
of the Antioch School.
Maggie Hester will be in charge
of the Roll Call among the clooreu
people of the county.’
The drive begins on Wednesday,
November 11, and lasts until Thanks
giving. Elveryone is asked to see ouj
of the Roll Call workers and join.
This year the Red Cross needs your
support more than ever.
North Carolina is dominantly and
predominantly rural. She always
has been one of America’s most
rural in the aggregate, and rural
on a ratio basis.
Only two states, Pennsylvania
and Texas, have more rural people
than North Carolina.
Only one state, Texas, has more
farm dwellers than North Carolina.
Only six states have higher rural
population ratios.
Urban, as used by the Census
Bureau, refers to incorporated
places with 2,500 inhabitants or more.
Rural refers to all others. Rural
farm refers to all people who live
on farms. Rural-nonfarm refers to
those who live in incorporated or
unincorporated places below 2,500
inhabitants, and all others except
farm dwellers.
North Carolina in 1930 had 3,170,
276 inhabitants. The urban dwellers
numbered 809,847, or 25.5 percent
Rural dwellers numbered 2,360,429
distributed as follows: rural-farm
dwellers 1,597,220; rural non-farm
dwellers 763,209. Also there were
2,698 people living on farms inside
incorporated places, classed afe
urban dwellers.
N.ew Hanover and Caswell.
New Hanover county has the small
est farm population ratio in the
state with 3.8 percent farm dwellers.
At the other, extreme is Caswell with
nearly ninety-two out of every hun
dred living on farms.
Durham county, however, is slight
ly moije urban . than New Hanover
which has a larger rural-nonfaiin
ratio.
Dare is interesting in that nearly
ninety-five percent of her people arc
rural-nonfarm dwellers, living mainly
.off the water resources of the county
Durham, on the other hand, has
only eight percent rural-nonfanii
dwellers The rural-nonfarm ratio
varies widely among the counties
of the state.
In fact it is surprising the num
ber of people who live neither on
the farm nor in census-size places.
Almost exactly one-fourth of the
state’s inhabitants live outside in
corporated places of twenty-five hun
dred inhabitants or more but not on
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At least three homes in Raeford
were entered by a bnrglar Tuesday
night. Homes of Mr. Colin Shaw
on the Eilinhororoad, W. E. Blue
and Ryan McBryde wefe gone into
very easily and money taken from
each from trouser pqckets of per
sons in bed only a few feet from
the path of the robber.
The first home entered wa? ap
parently that of Mr., Shaw, where
the burglar gained entrance through
an unlocked door. Going ,into Mr.
Shaw’s room where he was sleeping^
the burglar found his trousers and
took thqm to the porch where he
searched them, taking what money he
found. Mr. Shaw knew nothing
about the burglary until next morn
ing when he had to make quite a
search for his trousers while dress
ing.
RAT POISONING CAMPAIGN IN
HOKE COUNTY NOVEMBER 9 AND 10
Small grain and corn, while held
in storage, are subject to damage
by rats. The prinicpal damage may
be by cutting the bags in which
the grain is stored, thus necessi
tating re-sacking. It has .been esti
mated that 5 per cent of corn put
into storage is destroyed by rats.
Rat insurance for grain and feed
is as practical as fire or storm in
surance for house and barns, and
the farmer can write his own policy.
He can do this by making it a
practice to “Build the Rats Out,’’
and then “Starve Them Out.’’ The
premium or cost of such insurance
is that of rat-proofing corn cribs
and granaries.
For Carthage, Cole at quarterback,
played a good game,-and Captain
Glnshury played one of the best
gatpes at end, seen here in recent
years.
There Is nd doubt about the locals
having redeemed themselves from
their defeat at the hands Of Red
Springs team the week before.
Greater strength was shown and
much better playing was exhibited.
The line f^ctloned unusqally well.
Coach Padgett’s outfit has a good
record for its season, so far, baving
won three and. lost one,
The "local team -plays Aberdeen
thte -we©k,
One Important, phase is cleaning
up rubbish that may serve as har
bors for the pest. Keep a cleaned
up instead of cluttered up barn yard,
and then a good terrier dog to ter
rify any stray rats that may come
about.
1 For any good activity there is a
right time to begin, and that is
Right Nowl "Where there are rat
infested premises in Hoke County,
the right beginning will be to join
in the rat poisoning campaign be
ing sponsored by Coupty Agent \V.
D. Burton on November 9-10. Join
in with your neighbors to kill off
what rats there are, then take the
necessary preventions against re
infestation by rat-proofing and clean
ing up all harboring places. The
poison to be used in the campaign
is red squill, and will he mixed un
der the supervision of Mr. A. E.
Omah^ Specialist of .the U.’ S. biolog
ical Survey. Giire the rats one red
squill feed instead pf feeding thpm
all winter.
Powdered red squill is the poison
ingredient that will be used in the
Hoke County rat kiillihg campaign.
Red squill is an emetic, and is rel
atively harmless to human beings,
domestic animals, and poultry, but
is deadly to rats, thus ma-king pos
sible a safe rat poisoning campaign.
Red squill is prepared by drying
and grinding a fleshy bulb obtained
from the ’ Mediterranean region. It
was recently developed as a rat
poison by the United States, Biolog
ical Survey.
OLD CLOTHES WANTED
Perhaps there has never been a
time in the history of Hoke County
and the town of Raeford, when there
was a greater need for old clothiing.
Surely you have some discarded
garment that you could donate to
this worthy cause.
"Would you keep old clothing stored
in your closets and let nonm child go
cold this winter?
'Wei can use any garment you inay
give, old shoes, scraps for piecing
quilts, hats, sweaters, in any sizes
for children or grown ups.
S^urday morning,'^ November 7th,
at 9 o’clock, the .Boy Scouts will call
APniOVElSMCE
EOR TOWN mEN
Blanket Insurance Policy to
Furnish Protection For Mem
bers of Fire Company While
on Duty.
for your bundle,, please ' have ^it
ready, on your porch.
"We keep a list of each garment
given away, and to iNrhom it is given,
BO- there is no duplication.
Please keep this in mind, some
one' needs your help.
' MRS. H. A. CAMERON,
Chairman 'Welfare Board ctf the
Woman’s Club.
At their regular meeting on Mon
day evening, the mayor and aider-
men of the town approved the town’s
furnishing a blanket insurance policy
on members of the fire company, cov
ering accidentaly injury or death,
while on duty.
The town's decision must be ap
proved by the State Local Govern
ment Commission, before the insur
ance is bought.
The firemen of the town should
have’ some protection. As it is now
the only remuneration they get is
$1 for each fire, and this does not
go. to individual members of the
company, but to the company’s fund,
and this fund is often used to pui’-
chase new equipment besides the
sending of delegates to the State
Firemen’s Convention each year.
K -the policy proposed is bought,
the cost will be low, only $125 for
the entire company whose member
ship is 25. The benefits of the pro
posed policy are $15 each week in
cast of injury, not to exceed 101
weeks, and $3,000 in case of acci
dental death, while on duty.
The policy will afford a protec
tion hitherto not hgd by members
of the flte company, in discharge of
their hazardous duties. The town
officials are to be complimented for
taking this step toward "protection
of its firemen, who are efficient and
on the job.
The fire company is composed of
25 members: Mr. R. B. Lewis is
captain.
unnecessary.
BUD BARRETT CAUGHT
Next the burglar visited the home
of Mr. W. E. Blue, where he again
made an easy entrance through an
unlocked door. Miss Louise B’tue
thought she heard a noise similar
to someone opening a screen, about
two o’clock, but heard nothing else.
Miss Blue was hostess at a party
until 12 o’clock and the robbery
was made after that time. At Mr.
Blue’s the burglar had to go to a
position' less than two feet from
Mr. Blue’s head as he slept, to get
his trousers. After getting Mr.
Blue’s trousers the thief did as he
did before, taking them to the porcli
and removing the contents, getting
around $5 in cash and Mr. Blue’s
watch worth about $50. "He evidently
was after money only, as he ■ ieit
papers and threw a bunch of ke/s
on the steps. He did not even take
cigarettes that were acc-ssible.
At Mr.' McBryde’s the burgiar cut
a small hole from a window screen,
unlatched it. raised the window and
entered without waking anyone.
Here, too, he looked for trousers.
Mr. McBryde had ieit his bath robe
lying over his trousers but the
thief had no difficulty in locating
them apparently. It was here that
he made his biggest haul, getting
away with about $65 in cash. He
left from a door which he unfasten-
ea from the inside.
The burglaries were evident !y
committed by ah experienced per
son, who no doubt went around to
each home beforehand and watched
the occupants prepare for bed so ha
would know just how to go about
doing his work. As an example of
his nonchalance, the bursar at Mr.
MqBryde’s home, found a truck and
trailer in the yard loaded with pea
nuts, and he stopped and ate pea- >
nuts for quite a while, as evidenced
by the quantity of hulls on the
ground, and along the path he took
as he left.
Tracks left were very distinct at
each house, and showed that tha
robber wore sport shoes or tenuis
shoes. The tracks led up to Mrs.
Roberta Peele’^ home,, just opposite
the Blue hope whfch was entered.
He evidently went upon the porch, ;
but did not enter the house.
Offficers tracked the burglars to,-
a hill near the home of Mr. Paul ,
Dlcksoui and there lost the trail.
T^ey are still working on the-case.
This is the first instance of burg
laries in Raeford homes in some
time. Officers expressed the opin
ion that Raeford will more than
likely be visited oftener by people
of this type during the coming
months, and that the people should
be very careful in locking their
doors, and taking precautions here-
toVire considered
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Bud Barrett, colored, who was sent
to the roads for assult with a deadly
weapon, and escaped sometime tjaat
year, was caught Tuesday night by
Cumberland County ‘of^rs. Bar
rett had been hanging around the
lower part of the county for some
time, and Deputy Barrington almost
succeeded in capturing him last
week. On Tuesday afternoon- Bar
rett went to the home of a friend
and got drunk. He left this home
and went to another hegne in the
edge of Cumberland County, and lay .
down, without finding anytmie at
home. "W^en . the resident of the
home came in he found Barntt,
hut was unable to get him array, ,
and called Cumberland officers who
made the arrest, and later tamed
him over to Hoke officials for the
completUm of his road twm. He
still had eight mmithe^ tUee lie
servew ‘