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Washingtoit/ Noy. lO.^The crop
Indiqator"' gangiiig ith.e \i; southland’s
1931 cotton production \ today
awung Violently upward again. A
government foreca^^ added 619,000
bales to the prospective harvest—
the second largest in history.
W^h huge surplus supplies already
clc^ging market ^ahniels, the agrl-
\,culture department estimates this
year's crop^wpuld total 16,903,000
bales, not far below the ‘record 1926
harvest if 17,0t7,OO0 bales. ^
The indicated production by' states
follows: ' ,
Virginia, 42,000 bales,. North'Caro
lina, 800,000; Bouth Carolina, 990,000;
iSeorBa 1,390,000; , Florida, 42,000;
j|Iissourl, 265,000;)': Tennessee. 590,000;
itlatama, :1;40(),000; Mississippi, 1,-
760,|)fl0; Ldtolana 885,000; Texas, 5.-
250,000; Oklahoma, 1,220,000; Arkan
sas, I,860,000i Ne''^ Me^flco; 97,000;
Arisopa, 119,000; California, 195,000;
all oth^^' states, 8,000; and lower
Califo^iiih' (dot Included in United
States total), 32,000.
The increase since the October
report was attributed to ideal weath
er enabling facers 'to pick their
plants clean. Field loss last month
actually was less than average.
Publication of the estimate was
followed by a drop of six, points
in, quptations on the Jjlew Orleans
exchange which was recovered, how
ever, in a later rally. Olspatches
told of a general opinion that a big
demand for spot cotton would off
set the indicated increase ' in the
harvest!
Today’s report came , at a time
■when the farm board and southern
bankers are aittempting to complete
a plan for'" bolding 7,000,000 bales
'off the indfrket as part .ot a program
for Increasing, prices, now lower
than at .any tiihe in more than. 3.0
•ypars. . ■
' Announcement that the program
was being perfected- served to raise
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the price ; levels between a cent
and a cent and a half a pound. An
other strengtheni|i^ influence is in
creased consumption, which ^ is' 18
per cent higher than a year ago.
Meanwhile, fli^ southern legis
latures' have acted to curtail the
1932 acreage by law and increasing
Interest in American cotton id be
ing s^wn by foreign buyers.
The Farm Board has become in:
■ forested in. effort of ' Pierre Du
Pasquier,’ French cotton parket ex
pert, to arrange credits with New
1 ACni CASES
Many' ^ -.ReUctioUs- '/But No
Diaease!^ Found In -County?
y/idu/ ciinie. Among White
Childrein of First 3 Grades
IITH ABERDEl DEFEATED
lY MAES FRIDAY
Presides: Elder of Rocking
ham Duteict Preachos Here
Last Sundi^ Evenmg at
Methodist Church.
No pdkitfrp a8es of tuberculosis,
arid enop, thireo suspicious cases,
werdi fourid in the r^emt county-
wide ftubereulosis clinib among the
white Bcbool children of the .first,
second ~a*id' third grades, conducted
by Dt. (3. ,P. Thomas, Sanatorium
cliniciari. '
A tot^ of. 407 pnpils recelY^ tlit
.tuberculiii test; of this number there
were 77 refactions,' a percenuige 07
18.9, which is a little high, 1.5 percent
being considered a normal reaction,
acwording to Dr. R. L. Murray, county
physician. These 77 reactors were
given physical examinations and 68
of them were X-rayed, but no positive
cases were found as a result of thes'e
examinations, and only three suspi
cious cases were found. Seven pupils
are yet ]to be X-rayed.
Dr. Murray said the cooperation
from the parents was very good. Only
a few objected to having their child
ren tested, and these objections were
overcome before-the clinic was con
ducted; It is customary not to ex
amine a boy or girl when his of her
parents object to the child’s teacher
in writing
The clinic., doctor, when he ex
amined ma*hy pupils, found defects,
such as .bad teeth, ,bad tonsils, etc.
These defects shouiij be attended
to at once, and corrected. Parents
should give this matter immediate
attention.
Mrs. C. H! Giles ' assisted Dn
Thomas In the wotk of the clinic.
19-7 Victory Characterized
ky Over-Zealous Playing
by . Both . Teams?-^Regret
Expressed Over Game.
Taking Ms text frbm' the 15th,
16th.'and 17th verses of the third
chaptef of Revelation, Rev, H. C.
Smith, Presiding Elder of .the Rock
ingham District of the Methodist
Church, preached at the evening ser
vice of the Raefbrd Methodist church
here last, Sunday, pointing out what
an awful thiols it is that God knows
when we are tiring to appear that
we have thin^ which we do not
have, and worse, that we are trying
to appear what we we not, and at
the same time;- showing what a com
fort it is that God ^ows when we
are trying tO| do arij^ be our best in
everyday lifp wlthp^l 'bypocrisy or
’pretense, for In :^^'16th verse_we
are told that "N|i^t thy works.
The speaker iji^dd his hearers to
avoid a “lukeSik^” position in life,
and ndt to deceive themselves, be
lieving that because they had much
goods and rich they need nothing
more. He'showed that real poverty
often begins with just such a feel
ing, quoting - from -the 17th verse,
^hlch reads: “Because thoii sayest,
I,^m rich, and increased with goods,
have need of nothing; and
kriowest not that thou art wretched,
and miserable, -and poor, and blind,
and naked.” Mr. Smith described
how so many things people use are
in themselves neither right no.
wrong, things that enhance personal
appearance, for instanife, or the ap
pearance of a house, but he warned
his au^Sooce against living a life
that was neither hot nor cold, but
lukewarm, telling them that of all
ways oi living this is the most un
tenable, in quoting from the 16tii
verse: “So because thou art luke
warm, and neither cold nor hot,
will spue thee out of my mouth.”
Rev. Mr. Smith is from Rockin.g-
ham, and' the service Sunday night
was the fifth he had taken part in
ion the same day.
^ A fairly large crolvd heard him.
31.50 YEAR tH ADVANC®
''Sing” MiUer, Colored, k KiSM
By Brother Eaiiy Sunday MimiiMt
Popular and Efficient County
Agent Expresses Regret in
Leaving—Will Receive Big
Increase in Salary. «
In a “game characterized by over-
zealous playiiwc and some roughnes's
on the tart of both teams, Raetord
defeated Aberdeen -on the local held
last Friday afternoon by the score
of 19^7.
' After it became known that Aber
deen was playing a man not a stu
dent of the high school there, the
Raeford (ioach, just after the half,
sent in Leo Fuller, a former Duke
University student, and J. D. Mc
Neill, one-time member of the Uni
versity of North Carolina football
squad. Many who witnessed the
game, while admitting that the cir
cumstances were extenuating, ex
pressed keen regret that players
other than members of the school
squad were sent in. Many had the
opinion that the game should have
stopped before this example was
set up before the school students,
which really defeats the purpose of
high school athletics, they said.
The game was hard-fought through
out. Coach Padgett'sent in his seef
ond string team at the start, but after
Aberdeen secured a blocked punt
and started for the goal, making
.two first downs, the first string team
was put in, but failed to hold, and
Aberdeen made their touchdown and
extra point very early in the game.
In the second quarter Raeford scored,
but failed at the extra point. From
this time. until the final period, th-*
teams played about evenly, when
Raeford succeeded in crossing the
goal line twice, and making one
extra point good. Those scoring for
Raeford were Epstein, Meinnis and
McNeill.
BEmEA APITED
.OF Mlin CHAROE
St. Pauls Police Chief, Freed
by Jury After 20 Minutes
Deliberation — Verdict is
Popular.
Harry , (Dong) Miller Held.
Without Bond For Trial
Next Week Second Mtnr* •
der Within Three Weeiri.
H. C. Bethea, chief of police at St.
Pauls, and form.er Raeford chief, was
acquitted at Lumberton Wednesday of
a murder charge growing out of the
death of E. J. Dean, last April 11.
The jury was out only 20 minutes.
Bethea, whom the two grand juries
refused to indict before, a third finally
returned a true bill, killed Dean in
a St. Pauls alley after trouble be
tween them growing out of Dean’s
house being searched for stolen
goods.
Bethea said he called Dean into
the alley to ask about threats he had
heard the latter had made, and that
Dean again threatened him and
drew back as though to draw a'gun,
when the chief fired.
Bethea had a regular multitude of
character witnesses. Those who
were at the trial in his behalf from
Raeford were Messrs. T. B. Upchurch.
Edgar Hall, E. B. McNeill, A. K.
Stevens, W. B. McLa^ichlin, A. P.
Stubbs, Dave Hodgin, A .C. Bethune
and W. M. Fairley.
This trial was the second of the
Bethea case. Last month after all
evidence had been taken at the first
trial, a juror became sick and un
able to continue, causing a mistrial.
Several local high school sport
^ fans expressed the hope that in the
futpre, only teams
of the high school, that is, composed
entirely of ^ high school players,
would be used in the games.
Bethea’s acquittal was expected by
many people, and the verdict is
representative popular one.
REPAIR CHURCH FURNACE
McLEANS MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McLean, Jr.,
have moved to an apartment in the
home of Mr J. C. McLean, Sr. They
formerly occupied an apartment in
the home of Mr. J. A. Baucom.
No preaching services were held
at the Presbyterian Church here last
Sunday, because of trouble with the
furnace. The furnace has now been
repair^ and services will take place
3 scheduled next Sunday.
V (t
Mr. W. D. Burton, county Vigent,
tendered *his resignation to the
county commissioners 'Mpnday, after
having received an offer from Pam
lico County, to become its county
York bankers' for the purchase of ^feent at a large mcr^^-in salary.,
Mr. Burton said that he coujd hard-f
ly, afford tft decline tjie generous offer
of Pamlico, and after considering it,
decided to resign his work here, giv
ing it up about December 1.
Mr. Burton came to Hoke County
from Wayne County, on October 10,
last j^ar, succeeding M;^. L. B.
Brandon, and has filled his position
efficiently and ably. He has aroused
great, interest among the farmers of
the county in poultry and livestock
raising. Too, he has encouraged
crop diversification and the growing
of cover crops and crops for feed,
aiding materially in the state’s live-
at-home program, and causing farm
ers of the county 4o _see the great
advantage of it. He has taken part
and assisted in soil testing, and in
the testing ■ of livestock for di^ase.
Farmers: of the. county are express
ing regret at* Mr. Burtpn's leaving,
but are wishing him every success
with his work in Pamlico County.
Since his coming to the county, Mr.
Burton has proved very popular
with the farmers and others. He
was married last January to ' Miss
. , J . Mary Sherard, of Goldsboro, arid Rae-
v.«i»= kor periple are also expresiing regret'
at Mrs, Burton’s leaving, as she has,
been very popular in the -social life
of the town. , y ■ ^ , , -
Mr. Burton rexpressed’ regret in
giving up his work here, saying that
he has had splendid co-operation in
all his efforts with the people of
Hoke, and that he has enjoyed being
a resident of Raeford. He added th^t
' his Work 'here in all its phases, hhs
bee^ a great ’pleasure;
Mr. and Mrs. Burton’s new home
will be ill brlAital. .
-s Annoiincemerit will he . made later
as to-’the successor of , Mr! Barton.
PERSONALITIES
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Some imperishable phrases, which the authors would like for the public
large amourits. of the southern crop.
With the November forecast to
day, the' department'released a for
eign outlook report which showed
that the production in major pro
ducing countries -this year will be
about dhO.QOO bales less than last-
^ar, .
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CohHdehce Man Has
Old Record Here,
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W. H. Tison, Who “Worked?’ Raeford
Recently, Found to be Connected
With - Dirty Woark of Oyer
30 Years Ago.
Local men investigating T. H. Tison,
formerly of Moore County, who ou
October 24, obtained cash and mer-
.chandise from two local business
houses op . bogus .checks, found that
he was the man famous in this section
for htving put an anvil in a bale of
cotton, in 1898!
At a gin operated by a Dr. Gilbert^
near Bowmore, Tison had some cot-
The Phrase Referring to
“Just around the corner” Prosperity
“Abysmally, ignorant”
“Noble Experiment”
--['‘■Pseudo Republicans”
“Playing politics with
human misery”
“Backward States”
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“Effective Poorhouse”
“So-Called Ethics of the
So-balled Profession”
“Great Engineer”
The Author
The Administration
The President The Navy League
Prohibition President Hoover
G. O. p. Insurgents Senator Fess
Attempts to appropriate Herbert Hoover''
money for drought relief
Commonwealth of little Joseph Grundy
income
The 'Virgin Islands
The Press
Herbert Hoover
The President
Senator David Reed
Republicaij Party
' way an an,vll got into one hf his bales-
This bale was bought by }i W. Moore,
of Raeford, and sold to the Smither-
j^man Cotton Mills In Troy. Tison
INvas’ arrested, and there could be
found only one vritoess to testify
against him, an old n^o man. Just
before the -trial, the old pegro sudr
de'niy became sick and .died, and thrire
was \ no testimony'■against Tison.
TlM>n alsb figures In another story
'-iCotanected iwfth ,Dr. Gilbert. Tison,
It is said; 'wa8 A Dr. Gllbefl’s employ,^
About the thrie of the “anvll-hale-qf-'
Cotton” .episode, and when he quit
■working for : Dr. Gilbert, the laj^trir
■found that a number-of barrels wiich,
; had been full- of wheat apd rye, etc,
contained, 'after' .TMaori ,le^ only a
. thin layer of‘ tl^ir fi^rir contents
■ on;,top, ' underoeath which was trsrih
; Ot.any kiriil to fill the barrels.
> The- whereahouto of Tison no!f,
. > untaowjL '
K .‘--Si-
President Hoover is Commander-
In-Chief of the Army and Navy,
while the Navy League purports to
be a civilian organization interested
in naval defense, but Mr. Hoover
has assailed this militaristic group
whose leader attacked him. At the
same time. Secretary of the Navy
Adams, whose sympathies are known
to be with the Navy League, criticiz
ed a statement of a world peace or
ganization. The situation, however,,
is significant chiefiy because it re
veals ' how public opinion • is being
taassed for and against militarism,
in these days of depression, the avr
erage American' Is more .interested
than formerly in the fact -that our
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carles B. Belleutirie of "Wake
Gountiy .iB. jbi^esfiog 400 bushplB of
AH. . land ffrherd' a crop of rye.
vetch and crimBon clover was toxhoff
UQdi^ . i|tst -riPi')ng. ' Only- eight bags
onertfflkpr imh nwd ririder. the com.
Army and Navy are spending about
$750,fi00,060 annually and that a
small group of military dictators
would increase this sum If possible.
Almost every daily paper caters
to ithe stimulated public inierest. in
international events and the Sls-
armament problem by featuring these
subjects in both its news and edi
torial columns. It, Is notable that
the . anti-militarists are expressing
themselves more vigorously arid." in
a manner that would have been im
possible''a decade or so ago. For
example, we quote Mrs. Walteir Per-
gusoif, whose column, “One Woman's
Opinion,” It a dally feature of fhe
Scripp-liriwaTd. nawspapers:
' ^‘Our New York; welcome to the
French Premier, which was broad*
baft: to tbousavds of listeners, was
very typical of the wide difference
that separates our words from our
beliefs.
.“Monsieur Laval and Mayor
W^dlker each declared his nation’s
idesire for world peace. Then the'
*music began and the audience sang
lustily. First, all about our ‘rockets’
red glare, the bombs bursting in ari,
and next the bloody French Mar
seillaise, ‘To arms to arms, ye
braves. The avenger’s swords un
sheath.’ The words proclaimed
peace, the songs declared war.
“Just how a child who might have
been listening could have reconciled
the proceedings in his own mind is
beyond knowing. Perhaps he would
just have to let them pass, because
we growri-ups are always doing some
thing that- must puzzle children,^
who usually think straight lintll
we teach them otherwise.
‘The national anithems of all
countries are battlecries set to
music. They were chbseri long ago
to still the fighting emotions. And
they may have been useful when
men believed that strife was gdod
and honorable, hut they .are in-
congrous in a world that has just
finished a war to end war.
“Yet ^ every land, where i schools
are conducted,, we can visuaUze
them, these rows of babies chant
ing toget|iw the words of bitterness
and hatred, the hot words of -battle,
the ptouB word sof God and Right.
4lie thohgtat shetUd be a sad one
for Christian hearte.”
LOCAL RELIEF BODY
ORGANIZED MONDAY
Mrs. May E. Campbell, of Gov
ernor’s Council Makes Talk;
Dr. W. M. Fairley to Head
Executive Committee.
“Sing” Miller, colored, was kHled
by his brother, Doug Miller, Sunday -
morning, at the home of their fatririr,
John Miller, who lives on the Cam-
em farm about four miles north of
Raeford.
It seems that Doug and “Sing,’'
who had been working together all
the week, had a quarrel late Satnr-
day afternoon as they were coming
to Raeford, and that Doug went bach
home and got bis shotgun and stayed
out all night, returning to the home
next morning about seven o’clock, at
which time he found the rest of Che
family, including “Sing,” seated be
fore the fire. Without hesitating, he
shot “Sing” in the chest. The father,.
John Miller, sent Doug to the county
officers by Dunk McNeill, and also
sent for a doctor for the man who
had been shot.
Dr. Matheson answered the call
promptly,, and found the fainily again
seated before-the fire, paying scant
attention, to “Sing”, who, he was
told, was on a bed in a back room,
where he had been laid after hav
ing been picked up from the floor.
One of the family told Dr. Mathesou
that “Sing” was probably dead as
nothing had been heard from since
he was placed on the bed. He was
dead when the doctor got to him.
“Sing," whose real name was Xis-
bet, was only a short time ago re
leased from the chain gang, where
he had been doing time for shooting
Alex McFarland. He was about 20
years old, and a gool hand at almost
anything he was put at. His brotlier.
who did the killing, is younger. At
Recorder’s court Tuesday, he was
bound over to Superior Court, without
bond. His real name is Harry.
This is the second murder amang
negroes of the county in three weeks,
and oddly enough, the last man killed
was named miller—John Miller, kill
ed on October 23, by Bud Sinclair.
Both cases will come up for trial
at next week’s term of Superior
Court.
Members of the ^oard of County
Commissioners and Board of Educa
tion met in the court house Monday
morning with the pastors of the town
and county and members of the wel
fare department of the Woman’s Club,
and others, to form a relief organ
ization for the county.
Chairman McPhaul, of the commis
sioners, presided. Mr. W. P. Haw-
field, county superintendent of edu
cation, Introduced 'Mrs. May E.
Campbell, of the Governor’s Council
on Unemployment and Relief, who
described in an informal way Gov
ernor Gardner’s toward what
is to be expectedlhis fall. She said
that she was bringing a message
from the governor, who was deeply
concerned' about the welfare of his
people. She the^ told of the need
for a central organization in each
county, so that duplications would
be eliminated and nobody missed
who fnay need help this winter ^’hen
distress la 'expected to be at its
worst. ■
Mrs. Campbell then asked for a
discussion from those present. Mr,3-
H. A. Cameron, of the welfare depart
ment of the Woman’s Club, and prom
inent in local relief work, told ci
thte work in Raeford and the county
last year, especially at Christmas.
She also told of the old clothes cam
paign put on recently, in which there
was some disappointment in the
amount of old clothes received. , She
pointed out that the people just
did not have the clothes to give, and
that heretofore they had been liberal.
Dr. W. M. Rairley, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church in Raeford,
pointed out the need for a local or
ganization, and was followed by
Chairman McPhaul, who made sim
ilar remarks. Mrs. I. H. Shankle
asked that people be called upouTto
let people Wo work for them, paying
them with Ipod and clothing, instead
of waiting to have needed work done
until it could be paid for in cash.
Mr. J. A. McGoogan mentioned the
fact that if people would use wood
cut in the county instead of coal it
would turn loose additional money,
and that wood could be used more
economically than coal. Rev. J. R.
Miller, of the Raeford Baptist Charch,
and' Rev. Q. 'W. Hanna, of the Antioch
(Conttnned on hack vaga)
U. D. C. MEETS
The Raeford Chapter, U. D. C., met
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. J. S. Poole, with Mrs. W. F.
Walters and Mrs. Tom Siuclair joint
hostesses.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. H. S. Mcl..ean,
the roll called and minutes read.
Several iqatters of business were dis
cussed and disposed of. The presi
dent urged all members to contribute
canned fruits, vegetables, etc., to
the shower to be given the Confed
erate Woman’s Home in FayetteviUe.
The canned goods can be left with
Mrs. H. S. McLean or Miss Lizzie
Niven.
There was no program as the lead
er was called out of town. Hos
tesses for December, Mrs. Paul
Dickson, Mrs. A. K. SteVens, Mrs.
W. R. Barrington. The hostesses
served sandwiches and coffee.
Thomas E. Walters
Dies at His Home
Prominent Citizen and Successful^
Farmer of the County Died of
Pneumonia, Sunday.
Thomas Eddie Walters, an esteem
ed citizen and highly successful farm
er of the county, died at his home
in the^Blue Springs section, Sunday
afteraoon. He had been in ill health
for some time, but death was causatt
by pneumonia.
Mr. 'VVrilters was bpm on May 30,
1869, and was 62 years old. He was '
the son of Thomas H. Walters, who
was born in Scotland, and Ellaa v
Thrower Walteirs. He had lived £a
Blue Springs township for 33 years,
and had much success in farming.
The funeral was conducted from-
the home Monday by Rev. W. P. Tra-
wick, pastor of the Raeford Metho
dist Charch, of which Mr. Walters
had long been a member. Borifi was
made in the Raeford ce-metmry,
Mr. Walters is survived by bis wifsv
five sons: Hinson, and Jobs, of
Chapel HUl, and Edgar, Midcclm and '
Roy, of the county, and three dangh- «
ters: Mrs. William Tapp, of TlBPt- »
berland, and Misses Ethel and
of the county. One son.
died last Deceinber 24th.
brothers also snrviTx 'W. P., and.
A. Walters, of RaetorC ai^ ft^:
sistqrs: Mrs. Mary Biasoa, atjl^
ford, Mrs. W. L. Akla« oC
and Miaaea Ida and Madtlte
of the-county.
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