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as second-class mail matter
BI Oie post oSioe at Raeford, N. C.,
act of Mardi 3, 1878.
POOLE’S MEDLEY
Dy D. SCOTT POOLE
gent men saying on the streets of
Raeford that “you wiU never see
cotton below 40 cents a pound again
in these United States.” I told the
bunch th«», “it may be below 10
cents before a new crop comes in.
It sold for IVt cents in July that
summer.
Bonds reached an average of 394
it was said in 1929, and people were
saying all over the country that “you
will never see stocks and bonds any
lower than they are today.” In one
twenty-four hours they dropped ’way
below par. Men who had won tod
gone abroad, built skyscrappers, Snd
were indeed millionaires. Thousands
of them suicided; others went to
madhouses.
Being able to live as well as any
body and still never have anything
is the greatest financier. I kntew
six brothers in Montgomery county
who could take a nickel and start a
cotton mill—so their neighbors said.
It takes a good deal of money to
make a fool of some folks, and we
all know others who are readymade
fools, or so one would guess.
LEGAL NOTICES
And I forgot the “punch boards.”
Some fellows will come along with
something to sell, and he adds a
punch board. You buy something the
man sells and take a chance at his
pundi board. Ten cents!
nv-
I said I saw two falls when cotton
went lip in price without a break,
and for three months a man could
buy in safety and make $5 on the
bale ea^ week for the three months.
But, by then he would begin to get
I iqi in the millions the Cotton £x-
rhnnge would swamp him for a loss.
That gang is organized to win.
1 remember the Louisiana Lottery.
Men ay over the country bought
’-WEtery*^ tickets frequently. Occa
sionally the lottery would let a man
win, but they only did enoi^ to
keep the suckers biting. Several out
mid out squeeze robberies, sweeping
nearly all the wealth of the country,
have been successfully pulled in the
United States of America.
In January, 1920, I heard intelli-
' Professional Cards
ARTHUR D. GORE
Attoamey and Counsellor at Law
Rmk of Raeford Building
N. McN. SMITH
Attomey-at-Law
Practice in All Courts
G. G. DICKSON
.i^,-Attroney-at-Law
of Raeford BuDding
G. B. ROWLAND
Attomey-at-Law
ODSoe in Courthouse
rnuNae 2271 - Raeford. N. C.
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EBAYES DRUG STORE (Adv.)
Noncib OF FORECLOSURE
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority vested in the undersign
ed as Trustee in that Deed of Trust
registered in Book of Mortgages 78,
“Didn’t you say
dundD?” j
“Why, yes. She thinks ttiat man
is worli^ for die money, because
the monkey collects the money.”
I remember when young men saved
their, wages until they had enough
to start a business of their own. Three
stores in Roi^gbam, Troy and Car
thage I knqw began from saved, up
wages.
“Are you fond of indoor
“Yes, if they know when
home.”
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There ^re farmmsjp'Hoke county
who know how'^m^e a business
of farming ana stock-raising. There
are some porkers and beef ani
mals in Hoke. And, some farmers
are raising their work stock.
“Do you tell your husband every
thing?”
“No, he will not listen to me more
than two hours on a stretch.”
The local paper is the local citizen’s
friend. Should a stranger treat with
disrespect some of our local people,
you would see the county paper come
to his defense. Another thing, the
local paper carried information you
get nowhere else.
at page 251, .of Hoke County Public
Registry, default in the payments
therein provided for having been
made, and demand by the nlorgagee
therein named having been made upon
the imdersigned to exercise said pow
er and authority, I will offer for cash
to the highest bidder at the court
house door at Raeford, N. C., at 12
o’clock noon, on January 9, 1941, the
herenbelow described real estate, to-
wit:
In Quewhiffle township, Hoke
county, N. C., and beginning at a
stake by 3 hickories, one ^st oak and
black jack and red oak, side of Little
River (Drowning Creek) swamp, D.
J. McEachem’s upper comer, and
runs as his line S. 85 E. 20 chs. to a
stake by a red oak and two post oaks;
thence N. 17 W. 20 chs. to a stake
by a red oak and two post oaks;
thence N. 17 W. 20 chs. to a stake;
thence S. 44 E. 28 chs. to the begin
ning, containing fifty (50 a.) acres,
more or less.
For further reference see Book of
Deeds No. 25, at page 8, of Hoke
County Public Registry.
W. C. LEAK, Trustee.
Arthur D. Gore, Attorney.
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NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE
SALE
Under an order of court dated
December 16, 1940, ordering re-sale^
of the hereinafter described land, in
an action entitled “Hoke County vs
Gice Allen et als—heirs of J. T. Mc
Neill, deceased,” and pursuant to said
Order, I as Commissioner will offer
to the highest bidder for cash at
the court house door in Raeford, N.
C., at 12 o’clock noon, on the 31st
day of December, 1940, the following
lands, to-wit:
In Little River Townshp, Hoke
County, N. C., being Tract No. 1, be
ginning at a stake in the edge of
James Creek and runs N. 38 E. 1910
feet, crossing county road at nearly
right angle, to a marked cypress in
Little River; thence S. 82 W. 3269
feet, again crossing said county road,
to a stake with pointers; thence S. 4
W. 449 feet to a stake in the edge of
James Creek to the beginning, con
taining 57 acres, more or less. Sur
veyed by Robt. H. Gatlin, C. E., March
13, 1937.
Second Tract:—In same township,
and county, in the pecosin, and be
ing lots Nos. 4, 5 and 6 as surveyed
by Duncan Patterson in the division
of the pecosin land, and beginning at
the river, at the dividing corner
between lots 6 and 7, and runs as
the dividing line N. 26 E. 8-25 chs.
to the comer; thence S. 45 E. 1.60 chs.
to the other comer; thence N. 39 E.
5.20 chs; thence N. 47 W. 26.30 chs. to
a stake in A. D. McLauchlin’s line;
thence as it N. 57 *E. 10 chs. to his
comer; thence his other line N. 9 W.
6 chs. to a stake at the edge of the
swamp; thence down with the edge
of the swamp to the east corner of
lot No. 4; thence as line of it S. 42
W. 31 chp. to the river, thence up
Uie river to the beginning, N. 18 W.
12 chs., containing 65 acres, more or
less.
ARTHUR D. GORE,
Commissioner.
Posted December 16, 1940.
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“Can you tell he how to go through
life without meeting disappoint
ments?”
“Sure. Just go around looking for
trouble.”
Rents, and everything people have
to have are going up, because great
crowds of men are working at and
soldiers are training at Fort Bragg,
and all have forgotten that extor
tioners are classed in the Bible with
drunkards and others whose damna
tion is certain.
The war is growing more and more
furious, but this time it is by air
ships and battlecraft, but it is expen
sive, and the earth’s supply of things
needful to liuman happiness is being
destroyed. I wish I could call back
fifty years, and could feel certain that
I had the man responsible for the
world’s troubles, and I’d choke him
down—and out.
You doubtless have heal'd of the
Irishman who was bom on the 31st
of December; who said, “Bejabbers,
if I had waited one more day, I never
would have been born.”
If the prices of'farm produce were
stabilized, fixed, the expense would
be saved. This price stabilization
should follow the correct crop esti
mation, adjustments to follow. The
increase in food crops will be neces
sary because of war and famines a-
broad.
It is to be seen by reading the
newspapers that thousands of me/n-
bers of Germany are in the Army
and Navy of the United States. Why
the country is not purged of this
blement of danger, I do not know.
Some Fifth Columnists are to be or
dered from the country, which is good
news.
CHRISTMAS GUTS FOR THE
GARDENER Aim T^E GARDEN
Long ago tyvd tyo^ ’crept into
man’s keartih-^hristmias and garden
—and have been held in Mc^ rev
erence ever since.
'The fascinations of a garden'with
its attendant joys and sorrows are
■■ amiliar to the majority of
mankind. The possessor of a back
yard plot has as many thrills as the
owner of a garden covering an acre
or two. The thrills come from an
ambition to do things. Doing things
is experimenting.
Gardening teaches one to love
sturdy simplicity in all its forms;
practicability, too, is the result of
experimentation; and that very ex
perimentation demands tools — not
only those mechanical contrivances
with which a gardener arms himself
for a session with the. soil, but those
facilities from which he may glean a
broader knowledge of his art—the
experiences of others..
No individual has a wider scope^of
interest than a gardener, for as
Shakespeare has wisely said, “Who
loves a garden, loves a greenhouse,
too.” Thus the garden lover’s inter
est is not all out of doors, but inside,'
too. To think of a gift, then, for a
garden lover or for the garden is an
easy matter.
Whether the gift be large or small,
trivial or pretentious, inexpensive or
otherwise, there are legion in the
market today that can delight the
heart of the gardener and convert
a Christmas message of good will
and understanding.
We shali begin with the inexpen
sive needs of a gardener before go
ing to the more luxurious indulgen-
cies of a beauty lover’s fancy. Prac
ticability first, then;
Any gardener’s first needs are
trowels, shears, gloves, -and such.
There are gloves and gloves—some
treated to keep the hands soft and
still are washable. A trowel with
a good handle is a joy forever. There
is one whose scoop and handle are
all of one piece of metal that is
strong and good and costs very little.
Trowels of different shapes for var
ious uses—a good substantial one for
digging and lifting, a narrow, “bulb”
trowel, a small, triangular mason’s
trowel for transplanting among rocks.
Most welcome of all tools, probably,
are new sharp shears—hand clippers,
hedge shears, clippers called “bull
dog” clippers.
There are labels—assorted — that
are welcome to a systematic worker-
of-the-soil. Bamboo sticks, dipped
in green stain, can be procured in
large quantities in assorted lengths.
A bundle suggestively wrapped and
tied would delight a practical gar
dener, for they may be used again
and again. Permanent labels, and
labels of many kinds are offered.
A cutting basket, strongly woven,
perhaps decorated by hand to add to
its charm and sentiment, sufficiently
capacious aqd attractive in style to
find many uses on the sun porch
during the winter months when or
needed out-of-doors.
Area la State
“The fool and his money are soon
parted.”
“Maybe, but how did they ever
get together?”
Our baseball - football - basketball
educational institutions want an in
crease of funds upon which to ope
rate. By the way, I read a few days
ago that there were numbers of boys
at our state educational institutions
who do not know each time where
the next meal is coming from. That’s
awful.
Teacher; “How many seasons are
there?”
Student: “Two. Baseball and foot
ball.”
I do not believe a big extortioner
is any worse sinner than a little ex
tortioner. Both do all they can with
in their means.
These =slot machines are doing one
pleasing business: They increase bus
iness for the courts in some locali
ties. Some of them are said to be
illegal machines, that is, they cheat
those who play on them. It is said
they are made do the opposite of
what may be expected. Well, all
rascals are like 'teat.
Choosing the kind of trees to to
used in making a forest planting is
much like selecting a piece of farm
machinery, say? R. W. Graetor, Ex
tension forested of N. C. State Col
lege. A lot dep^ds upon the kind
and condition of the soil, and the
purpose for which it will to used.
Trees vary in growth habits ac
cording to soil, climate, mosture. and
degree of fertility. For instance,
the white pine does best in the moun
tains, the longleaf pine in tiife sand
hills, the shortleaf pine in the Pied
mont, and the loblolly pine in the
Coastal Plain.
Graeber also pointed out^^t every
farm needs fence posts. "'“If you
don’t have a suitable supply of dur
able wood,” he says, “perhaps an
acre or so of black locust will meet
this problem and at the same time
with its strong spreading root sys
tem, be of much help in checking
erosion. /Even the bees will be happy
with your chiice, as the locust flow
ers are a source of good quality hon
ey.”
In a further discussion of the type
of forest planting to make, the Ex
tension specialist said: “Much of the
idle land in our state is mighty poor;
yet one of our better pines will grow
in every sectii». Fineg will luafQigh
us with lumber for constyiMStfajC .the
farm buildings and for"^ repladkig
those we now have, and wi^ tael
woor for heating our homes, cooWng
our me^, and for curing tobgcca in
the flue-cured areas.: . r.
“Fuel wood is an important
since we as farmers use eato ye
a stack of wood four fegt wide, fqur^
feet high, and 7,000 miles long. Tb^,.
too, pines wiU produce an .incpihe
from the sale of such products as.
pulpwood, poles, pilingi and saw'
logs.:’
WANT ADS
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Question: What is the value of phos
phate as a fertilizing material?
Answer—Phosphates are essential
in the production of healthy, vigor
ous plants. Animals require phos
phate as well as calcium n the build
ing of strong and healthy bone struc
tures. In the production of plants,
therefore. State College animal h'us-,
bandmen say that it becomes of great
importance that plants receive the
required phosphate so that, in turn,
animals may receive their require-
fent through their diet; which con
sists of plants.
IS
Judge: “You know the law pre
sumes you are innocent?”
Culprit: Then, why all these elab
orate preparations to convict me?
Question — What equipment
needed in canning pork?
Answer—In a new publication on
this subject, Mrs. Cornelia C. Mor
ris, Extension economist in food con
servation and marketing, says that
a pressure canner is very safe. Meats
require a high temperature to in
sure sterilization, and it is almost im
possible to get this high temperature
without steam under pressure. The
new publication mentioned is Ex
tension Folder No. 48. It will be
sent free upon request to the Agri
cultural Editor, N. C. State College,
Raleigh.
You RISK LOSING
Jtvinsf every time you
4rfvR ■if you do not have
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The News and
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The Charlotte
Observer
Curtis Publications
Could the Christmas spirit continue
all the year ’round as it is this week,
the munitions factories could close
down, and other draftees would not
be called out. ,
Jebison Co.
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Stark Bros. Nursery
Fruit Trees and Qmamentsk
Montgomery and Moore coun
ty ^ orehardbts testify they
have not missed a crop cd
fruit since their Stark trees
hegtm bearing.
I know drinking at Christmas is
not so common, ’though altogether
too conjimon still, as it used to be.
By the way: In the 1890’s two liquor
distilleries were put into operation in
one of the best sections of North
Carolina, and the havoc they wrought
was amazing. Drunkenness and riot
ing, fighting, murders, and wrecking
of characters. I saw this.
Question—What are some of the
values of taking a farm inventory?
Answer—C. D. Thomas of the Ex
tension farfn management depart
ment at State College has listed a few
advantages of farm inventories, as
follows: It is necessary to determine
accurate farm income. It'shows the
total investment in farm business.
It gives a valuable list in case of
fire. It is useful in the case of a
farm__ sale. It is very important in
making financial statements for the
purpose of obtaining credit. It serves
as a basis for all other farm ac
counts.
HAY
Hubby: “Can you mention, any fa
mous last words?” '
Wife: “Yes. T DO.’ ”
T. L. Garland in the Harrel town
ship of Mitchell county has increas
ed his hay yield from one-half ton
to one and one-half tons per acre
through the use of lime, phosphate,
and lespedezar
D. SCOTT POOLE
Baefovdlt N. C.
mgE IN THE
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of Will Mel
vin, colored, deceased, late of Hoke
county, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to i^^eht them
to me, duly proven, on or before the
9th day of December, 1941, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery.
All persons ^indebted to the said
estate will please make immediate
settlement.
This 9th day of December, 1940.
H. C. McLAUCHLIN,
Administrator.
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FOR SALE: ONE PRAC7ICALLT'
new electric refrigentor (CoU^
spot), and^ one practically uew'
studio piano—very fea-
sonable. See Mrs. Plotldn, cfo
rs. J. B. Thomas. I Itp..
GIVE YOU A LARGE
alloii^ncc for your old piaip» on.
a new Baldwin, wll^ three ymjfrs
to pay balance. Write ns a cal-d,
and we will to glad to see you.—
LUMBERTON MUSIC HQtJSEi
Box 663, Lmnberton. N. C. ■ ' U
AVAILABLE AT ONCE NEARBV
Rawleigh Route. Good opporton-
ity for man over 25 with car. Trade
well established. Route experienhe
helpful but not necessary to start.
Write at once. Rawleigh’s. D^.
NCL-175-/102, Richmond, Va.
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FOR SALE — FULGRAIN CERTI^
fied seed oats, 65o bn. Com want
ed, too.—CLARENCE LYTCH.
Out Jan. 23|41.||c
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