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THE EXCHANGE
MUrffelM. |l JO Pat Yaw.
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A GOOD «AMWA
Hr. Charlie W. Bora* eon of
Dm late Ashley Bares, sod s
member of the firm. Ashley
Bone A Son. of Charts* bet
proposed to do something that is
a great blessing to the piasters
is kh neighborhood. Q|
hits Du right spot and the ex
ample eat by this firm is worthy
of greet eommaediDoe. Wheth
er it is a good proposition for
Don. bntit Dams the working of
s great sympathetic heart and
exhibits that Madly spirit ex
pressed, “Bear ye ooe another’s
burdens.”
The proposition it set forth la
aa advertisement appearing ia
one of the State papers, and is
*V as follows: i
.gSOTKOTIj
ST" ton, and ebere Where
ACOOO^t^hV
B0HNBA80N.
v.w. Borne. Manager.
■ Qeyton, N. 0.
KWHKIA'L ,'.. > . ,
aBtste at all Tbarefoceyoo
•as tint tbdbr actioo wiU
■area to retire several thousand
bales in this sountry. Should
tintr coeras ba followed ail over
tin Sooth ft would serve to re
tiro. for the tine being, many
thousands of balsa.”
Ia the sana feeds carrying Mr.
Thompson’s latter, the Observer
nys editorially:
Tbs Observer tops dan ago
gave expression to the belief that
local aid night proves material
dutoiM toa aLa a|^^a1aa aJ aIm
imctor in uia aoiouoo oc um cot*
mn nrynmg uCOOtOZDi UvCAuM Iw
would be immediate and would
raach tha farmers most In need
of it whits tin Isfsr plana wsre
being worked oat It confenn
tint it bad la mind soon sack
plan ms had been announced by
Mr. Charles Horns, at Oayteo.
and which ia dfecoaaed by a cor
respondent ia today's paper.
There can baoo question of tha
Met that If a similar plan were to
beoome of rimflar adoption to tin
South, tin work of the settee
nonfersnsss at Washington and
elsewhere would be largely fore
stalled. Mr. Horae's plan is not
only simple—It fa safe arid effect
ive, so far as it goes, which Is to
ssy. it gives aO the relief seeded
by such farmers as are able to
taka advantage of it Mr. Horne
ia doing a werk which commends
him to tha thanks of tin comma
HOW. MANY MORE.?
Thb Exchange man was talk
ing with oos of tha propsroos
fanners of Scotland county a few
aays ago, ana ox .coarse me sao
ject of Am strenuous times
bobbed up. Unlike most of tbs
planters hereabout, we found
him in surprisingly goods spirits,
andean* to And oat ths secret of
his satisfied condition, was *«♦
at boons ha had all of his bans
ftQed with food for his family end
Ms stock; in the pastures about
Ms place were numerous bogs
fattening for ths daughter, and
ae Item ter Ms eoofort sad sus
tenance had been neglected. He
rsiMd it mil st horse—and there*
fore is happy and worries not be*
*tnsq.of ths, war aad. it* hurtful
Influence*. Hew many mere of
Scotland farmers can My this
aad be happy ?
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The bay-a-bale, the warehouse
aad sane of the other proposi
tions offered are all right ter
quick relief, bat the most fan
portent of afl the plans, end the
oae for afar future good, is the
old, old and often abated one—
PI-ANT LESS 1
TIE ALLIES atflLSED.
•NUUMn HmM MM Ftrw
.« Ow>i»M Itirtst.
Fmum reigns and Jim "Ptnk
«ta” King baa bee* exiled
The Boose for cm. apparently
defeated last week, eaae hack
strong Friday aad with their, le
gal scheming succeeded ia wet
ting the powder of the allies and
causing their forces to retire in
utter confusion.
The reUanee of the allied forces
being eeatared in one Jim King,
a colored men, of many stripes,
mostly of the convict kind, was
too lame to ba of sufficient tm
Jfan is from Lorn barton. so be
■ays, and according to hb admis
sions la about ana of tht tough
est criminals that baa struck
these parts in ouuy moons He
admitted being in trouble galore,
fighting, shooting, cutting end
many of the other means of dev
ilment found in the catalogue of
things that real had men da
Jim bed studied to be a detect
ive, taking the treatment by
mail, and held an engraved di
ploma, for which be declared he
paid the princely sum of $75. Hie
preeaace here, according to hia
statement, earn# about in this
manner: He wae peering through
cad having beard of the great
number of blind tigers hare b
Laorbbqrg. decided to get off
and tea if there was any special
work ha could do for the town.
He applied to Mayor Tucker, who
iwfarsd him to Chief Hubbard.
Aftar aovaral attempts to hire
M—If to tho town, he was told
to go to work and that for each
conviction secured. be would be
paid the sum of With vis
ions of eonstleas numbers of five
spots, be began work and within
a short time bad carroUed a oum
bar of the suspected ooes. These
ware arrested the past weak as
noted la our last issue. Jury
triala wars demanded and tha
first cases were tried Friday.
• The juries just couldn't-'•wal
low Jim’s testimony, and as this
was the sole reliance of the pros
ecution, the cases fell flat The
only one of the right indicted to
receive punishment was 8am Al
ford, who plead guilty.
Messrs. Cox sod Dunn ap
peared for the two barida Alford,
who ware tried Friday, these be
ing John Boonstt and Calvin
-Mean.
iUes talked glUIy and toid a
•traight story about the parr has
aa (and his atatementa were
doubtless true) so long as he was
in thp hand of the prosecuting
attorney, but when toned over
to the defence for ereee examina
tion, ha waa com palled to admit
too many Crimea, destroying any
faith tile jury might have had in
Us statements about the pur
chensrs, Mr. Cox conducted the
eross examination and having the
proper dope on Jim. drove him
to eonfaaaioaB that would be cal
culated to destroy the value of
his direct testimony, regard lam
of how true it might have been.
The jury in both eases only
walked into the Jury room and
baek to the courtroom rendering
their verdict* without argument.
; One juror is credited with saying
that so far an the guilt of the de
fendant was concerned, be had
no doubt, but that it waa asking
too much to expect them to eon
viet anybody of anything upon
Ouch unsupported testimony.
In.' other words, the jury
tfentaaH wiU
not be called m It would be nae
Sto expect eonvietioa with
^nJUotoctfvo King aa the de
As soon ea eoort adjourned the
i to havum King In
‘
to do. bat afraid toon
and fa company
twlafl town la a
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new Shapes and Leathers on display.
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The kind that you wear and wear and then wear
again next winter. It’s the High Quality Line. All
the new weaves and styles at $15 to $17.
Boys’ Knee Suits, Norfolk and Plain make from
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Stetson Shoes, New Styles $5.00 only
Stetson Hats $2.98 only
See our line of Gents Furnishing—it contains just
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The Home Of Big Values SX0RES
LAURINBURG, N. C.
running was good. i
Pity that King waa not a bat*
tar aum and that ha could have
impressed the jurist with favor.
It is said that Georgia haa the
country beaten when it comes to
eating egg*, meats, etc. This
may be a fact, bat Cabarrus
county hM some peopls that we
will pit against the world forest
ing ice cream. A gentleman
waa in the office Saturday and
reported an ice cream eon teat
held some days ago In which one
fellow ate 18 saucers and the
winner pet away 19. These were
not drug store saucers, but the
erearn was made at home and or
dinary saucers filled. Each ate
about a gallon at the one sitting.
This la “going some.*’—Concord
Chronicle.
TO AUTOMOBILE
OWNERS
We have purchased from Gib
sea Brothers their AUTOMO
BILE REPAIR DEPARTMENT.
Including Tools,' Supplies and
Equipment, and have moved
seme to oar New Building on
corner of MeLeurln Avenue and
Fairly Streets. We have' sdd^
more mechanical help to our
force aad are now in position to
take cam of poor Automobile
Needs Promptly asd Carefully.
wx SELL no cars and
HAVE NO PAVORm
Qaodyear Tires at Ante BeL
lam Prlcee
WE SELL MILL SUPPLIES,
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES and
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIER
Acvrti VWfbMfa Ctaflo
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To Warehousemen
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The Exchange has a most com
plete and accurate form of Ware
house Receipts that is issued by
Warehouses that have been in the
business a long time. These re
ceipts were drawn up by an exper
ienced man.
We can fill your orders prompt
ly, the name of your corporation
being printed in the receipts.
’Phone us, we want to talk to you.
Call No. 80 Laurinburg.
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THE BEST HARNESS
AND '
HORSE FURNISHINGS
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of yairahad all arsood today,
aad "hila you an in thablaak
a^th .hop. l a noing to Cfcaa.
B. Tyler's to foa shout mm
‘ *aw hamaaa. How dato that
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