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i AAA . f(M (T ))) XHJf Ha mi 1 111 II I hi f U F fi In VOLUME XXXIII -NUMBER 16. LAURINBURG, N. C, THURSDAY. APRIL 22' 1915. $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE "AUNT BECKY" RECALLS HAPPENINGS OF LONG AGO Farmers Busy Planting, Acreage and Fertilizers Reduced. Wheat Crop Promising Is Reminded of the Days of Long Ago by Letter in Exchange Last . Week Exchange Features Pleasing. Everything quiet in the Fork these days in the way of local news, but the farming folk have been quite busy for the past two weejcij, planting cotton, a job which is now nearing a finish. The acreage, and also the amount of fertilizers have been mate rially reduced in this section, which of course will iusure a lesser production of the great Southern staple. It is to be hoped that the recent spurt in the price has not betrayed our farmers into the fatal mistake of increasing the area, which would assuredly lead to another panic next fall, as, according to statis tics, there still remains for mar ket 11,000,000 bales of last year's crop. The wheat and oat crop in this section is looking remarkably well, and the present prospect for a good yield is quite flatter ing. We are getting rather dry down here and rain is needed to bring up cotton and refresh the little garden truck. An epidemic of colds and grippe has been prevailing in the Fork, some cases of which have been quite stubborn, but we are glad to report that all are now im proving with the advent of the balmy spring time weather. Snakes are also appearing, sev eral having been already seen upon our plantation. Mrs. Olm stead recently came in contact with a large, saucy whip snake in a strip of woodland near our home, whose belligerent attitude warned her that he was in pos session of that particular territo ry, and she decided that flight instead of 'fight'; was the better part of valor. Communion service was held at Smyrna church yestejday. A goodly assembly was present and a most excellent sermon deliver ed by our pastor. Rev. J. H. Dixon. The subject of the mur derous European war is but little discussed nowadays. The theme has grown tame and threadbare. As to the end of the conflict, that is a question beyond human mind to foresee. To neutral na tions the warring elements ap pear as a mob of blood-thirsty, vengeful murderers, intent upon fighting to the last ditch and the last man. It is all a horrible tra vesty upon civilization and Chris tianity. The letter published in last week's Exchange from the pen of that brave veteran and splendid Southern gentleman, the late B. L. McLauchlin, revived memories of the long ago and my college days at old Floral, when I "homed" with his dear mother, sweet sisters and the band of soldier brothers, four in number, who had fought and bled for their country. These were "Don, Ben, Jack and Archie," a more gallant quartette than whom never shouldered musket nor drew sabre in the cause. Not only were they brave, but chival rous and courtly in manner, with that indefinable distinction of bearing which characterized the men of the old South. Albeit they were the happiest, most op timistic sptrits ever, and the most humorous. There was no chance for "the blue?" to enter the precincts of that home. Gay witticisms, quick repartee and happy laughter gave no time to depression and the devastation wrought by war. In the face of the ruin and desolation which met them on their return home, their hero-souls arose above the fall of defeat, and naught could quertch the indomitable fire of their brave, true spirits. Of this quartette, only Archie, the junior member, now survives a battle scarred and self-appointed hero, who volunteered at the age of 16, fell desperately wounded, and was captured by the enemy, when he might, only for his pa triotic zeal, been in the security of his home. May God's richest blessing attend every one who wore the gray. I am sending you, along with this article, a copy of yoems pub lished in Miami, which I would like to have copied in the EX CHANGE when you have conve nient time and space. We look forward with pleasure each week for the coming of the Exchange and note its signal improvement with much interest. Those ser mons by "A Sinner," and the contributions by Dr. North, to say nothing of other interest matter, are well worth the price of subscription ; but one thing puzzles me, it is difficult to asso- ROCKDALE SCHOOL COM MENCEMENT NEXT WEEK First Commencement of the Rockdale School, Gibson, to Begin Sunday, With Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. W. W. Peele Literary Address by Attorney " General Bickett. The patrons, teachers and pu pils of Rockdale Graded School, Gibson, are making elaborate pre parations for the commencement exercises, which will take place during the coming week. This will be the initial com mencement for this school and every effort to make it a great success is being put forth. Elec tric lights have been installed in the handsome new building and ample accommodations will be made for the large crowd that will attend. v Rev. W. W. Peele, who will preach the sermon before the graduating class, is a Scotland county boy and -will be heard with great interest. Attorney General T. W. Bickett, who will deliver the literary address, has a reputation throughout the South as a public speaker and is one of the first men of the State. The program for the occasion is as follows : Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. W. W. Peele, Head Master Trin ity Park High School, Sunday, April 25th, 11 a. m. School Au ditorium. Commencement Exercises by representatives of the whole ANOTHER COTTON MILL ill OFFICER THREADGILL KILLS NEGRO BOY IN SELF DEFENCE Called to a-Negro Cabin to Arrest a Boy, Rural Policeman Finds Youthful Desperado and Is Compelled to Kill Him to Save Himself Boy Armed and Defiant Coroner's Jury Exonerates Officer. SEPARATED FROM A HUNDRED BUCKS. ciate "A Sinner" with the grand school, Wednesday evening, April tVmncrht. and truths whifh wrme- , Ztn, at 8 o'clock. a,e these soul-stirring sermons. "Aunt Becky." Old Fork, April 9th. Because of the lack of time, we are compelled to let the verses above referred to wait over until our next issue. Ed itor. i Whistling Through Life. This world is full of queer peo ple, and it has been our fortune to bump up against a few of them to our sorrow. Most people hereabouts take this paper and pay for it. They do it not as a duty, but because they know they simply cannot get along without their home paper. The editor never whistles for their money he gets it. But there i3 another class some "class" to "em, too. They take the paper regularly are the first to read it profit by the many opportunities offered in its columns -and forget to pay for it. They just let the editor whis tleand keep on whistling. If he needs money, he can whistle for it. If he has bills to meet, he can pay them in whistles. So far a3 they are concerned, the editor can go and whistle himself to glory. Yes, they get the paper, and the editor whistles for his "dough." But, then, editors are cheerful whistlers, and "they'll probably find a whistling corner tucked away somewhere in heaven. Selected. Graduating Exercises. Liter ary address by Hon. T. W Bick ett, April 29th, at 8 o'clock. The Girls of Dixie. 1 1 . t . nas saia mat wnen id gam Some one God made the Southern sen t, His. angel thrcugho star-strewn realms of SDace rvo tViov all tKoro mcic rf hoantvl' and they threw down their glit tering burdens at His feet. He began in their wondering pres ence the work of fashioning the Southern girl; He wrought with the gold and gleam of the stars, shifting glories and rainbow hues and the palled silver of a South ern moon. He wrought with the to Manufacture Lower Grades of Cotton Proposed. There is a movement on fcot in Laurinburg to build another cot ton mill. It is proposed to build a mill of about fifteen thousand spindles to manufacture yarns from the lower grades of cotton. The movement is being pushed by Messrs. R. E. Lee and James A. Jones, and from what The Exchange man can learn, while nothing definite has been done, it is reasonably certain that the project will be cairied to comple tion, and if it is, will fill a long- leltneed in this section. The mills operating here now use only the better grades of cot ton, and this leaves a gcod por tion of the crop raised in Scotland to shipped away. A mill here' that will make a specialty of tJsing the lower grades will be a gpeat convenience to tfce local growers as well as a gcod thing for Laurinburg, and with such men as those mentioned, behind the proposition, the success of the enterprise is assured. Pitches Great Game. Bob Covington has again cov ered himself in glory, and this time while pitted against a big league team. He worked in a game for Durham against Dunn' a International League team one Jav last week and this is what n girl Hei :trham roportr sent to the ut Hi the vSft&ito-Observer about the ife: With so many battles going on all along the rivers, European catfish might be served a3 blood pudding and nobody the wiser. Columbia State. crimson which swooped in the rose's rubied heart, with the pure, sweet snow which gleamed from the lily's petals and the fires and flames which flash and leap from the jewel's depth. Then plunging deep into His own bosom. He tpok of the love- be neath the wind-kissed waves of a summer sea, threw this into the form He was which gleams there like some rare pearl fashioning and all Heaven veiled its face, for lo, He had wrought the Southern girl. Exchange. It is hard enough on the tippler to be limited under the new Ala bama prohibition law to two quarts of whisky a month, but when a burglar breaks into the express office and carts away the supply for the entire town, it is about the limit. That is what happened at Guntersville. Thirty six quarts of wet goods were re ceived at night. Before it could be delivered in the morning a burglar forced the door of the express office and took every one of the two-quart packages. Bright Eyes What is a ba ker's dozen? It used to be 13, but since the war it has been re duced to 11. Sport -'-Which is the most bru tal, prize fighting or football ? Neither. Rook is the most haz ardous game. If a young lady attorney may be described as a "limb of the law" it seems more accurate to speak of a mere man member of the bar as a "leg" of it Colum bia State. Durham, April 15. In a game that featured by childishness on the pari, of the visitors, Kelly's Bulls defeated Dunn's Interna tional League team here today 1 to 0. Ten and a half innings were necessary to settle the dis pute. Angier, first u.p in the last half of the eleventh, hit safely to left and completed the circuit when Breckenridge used his own time in going after the ball. Covington was in the box for the locals and remained there for nine innings. The Laurinburg boy allowed but f oui hits. At kinson relieved the collegian and held the visitors to one hit d ir ing his two innings. Russell, brother to. "Lefty" Russell, "the $10,000 beauty," was Dunn's selection and he was found safely eight times. A Victim of the War. "Madam,'' said the tattered and torn supplicant to the benev olent lady who answered his tim id tap at the door, "have you any old clothes you can spare for an unfortunate victim of the Euro pean war ?" "I think I have, my poor man; but how does this happen ? You cannot have been in' war, sure ly ?"t "No, madam," humbly replied the sufferer; "but my wife has sent all my clothes to" the Bel gians." Ex. Noted Negro Conjure Runner Indicted Upon a Charge of Fraud. Upon complaint made by Wil son Gillespie, a colored man of this county, a warrant has been issued to Moore county for the arrest of H. H. Carter, colored, of Aberdeen. Gillespie claims that Carter, professing to be a doctor with power to influence the minds of men, to overcome the mysterious conjuring of individuals, fami lies, even communities, by trick and concrivance fleeced him out of the sum of one hundred dol lars by pretending to cure an af flicted son, who had been pois oned, so Carter claimed, by some enemy who was designing to so afflict the whole family. Carter was able to induce Gil lespie to part with a substantial portion of his monthly pay check, by first having the boy look through some kind of glasses, the test being that if he saw green he had been conjured by an enemy. The boy of course saw green, and then the father was required to look through the same glass to findut if the conjurer was after him also. Gillespie says "the glass sho' d& look green." Carter then in formed him tnat the conjurer was after the whole family, and since it was a hard case he must have $1C0. He gave Gillespie special instructions to send the money in cash in a letter and not to send check or money ordr. This shows just what a slick trader Carter must be and how he industriously trys to keep out of the way of Uncle Sam. It is also said that he never writes a client, but either sees him in person or through an agent. He guaranteed to Gillespie that his boy would be well in a short time. As any sensible person might have expected, the child grew worse, and a local physi cian, which profession it is said Carter advises against, said that the boy was afflicted with an in curable disease. It is expected that this case will come up for trial at the session of the Re corder's Court tomorrow, and will prove quite an interesting hearing. A Kid Who was it invented the expression, "Spare the rod and spoil the child ?" Must not have been George Washington, who is sometimes spoken of as a truthful personage. "Wipe out the breeding places of the mosquitoes" urges the An- Iderson Daily -Mail. Second the motion, inasmuch a3 it seems im possible to improve he breed. Columbia State. Turn on a little more steam, Weatherman; this is the b. b. season. Columbia State. Mrs. R. C. Everett entertained the Elizabeth Browning Bcok Club Tuesday afterncon. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Long, of Monroe, arrived in the city Tues day night and are the guests of their son, Rev. James Long. The Gem Theatre has put on a new mm service, the united, which is proving to be quite an improvement over the service it has previously shown. On Tues day night a feature picture, said to be the best comedy in motion pictures, entitled "TilhVs Punc tured Romance," in six parts, will be shown. The regular in stallment of the Million Dollar Mystery, night. will be shown Monday Bachelors Mean Business. The Charlotte Observer is con ducting-a contest called I he Ob server's Universal Beauty Con test. The contest closes May 10th and the girl receiving the greatest number of votes will be declared the most beautiful girl in North Carolina and will be given a free trip to the World's Exposition. Laurinburg has two candidates and according to a telegram sent to the Observer some days ago ciVnpd "Bachelors of Laurin-i e burg." one or the other of these young ladies must be sent. The telegram 'forwarded to the Observer is as follows: Laurinburg, N. C, April 15. Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N. C. We have the most beautiful girl in North Carolina. Put Miss Mary Covington down with the other one, as we should have two at least. Prepare to send one of these two to the exposition. Votes to follow. Bachelors of Laurinburg. Rural Policeman J. H. Thread gill, in responding to a call for an officer to arrest William Henry Blue, a negro boy, yesterday morning, found the boy to be a daring desperado and was forced to kill him in order to save him self The message to the officer came from the boy's mother, who said then, and before the coroner's jury, that the boy, who was only 17 years old, had acted ugly the night before and had driven his sister a way from home threaten ing to kill her. When the officer arrived at the cabin, in Williamson township near Beaver Dam church, the boy was standing in the door. Im mediately upon the arrival of the officer, he stepped into the yard and pulled a pistol from his pocket. A demand from the officer that he throw up his hands and surrender brought the state ment from him that the officer might kill him, but that he couid Lnot arrest him. With this state ment the boy began to back to ward the nearby woods and con tiuued to present his pistol. The officer tried to persuade him to surrender his gun and submit to arrest. His mother also begged and tried to persuade him to give her the pistol. T) these overtures he turned a deaf ear and continued to defy the officer, and followed out a statement that he made earlier in the day to a colored neighbor "That he would not give up his pistol or be ar rested, and that he expected to die with his pistol in hi3 hands." The officer followed him over a field that was at the back of the house and to the woods nearby. Here the boy put up his gun as if to surrender, and when the officer closed in on mm ana got witnin a few feet of him, he snatched his pistol and began firing. He fired twice and snapped on the third bullet, which failed to explode. As quickly as was possible the officer drew his pistol and began firing. He fired four times, two of the balls taking effect, one in the desperate youngster's heart and one in his right side. Either of the wounds was suffi cient to produce death, and im mediately the boy staggered to the side of the field and dropped dead. A coroner's jury went to the scene of the killing and examined six witnesses including the boy's mother, all of whom testified to the above facts. The jury quickly exonerated the officer, who is considered one of the best and most careful in the county. Death of Mr. J. F. Dcster. The Laurinburg friends of Mrs. H. M. Eubanks sympathize with her very much in the sad be reavement which has been visit ed upon her in the death of her father, Mr. J. F. Doster, which occurred at his home in Monroe; Saturday night. , Mrs. Eubanks was culled to Monroe several days ago on ac count of his illness and wa3 at his bedside when the end eame- Mr. Doster was about 70 years of age and was one of the most progressive and influential citi zens of Union county. Besides Mrs. Eubanks, his only daught er, he is survived by his wife and eight sons. Mi. Eubanks left Saturday night for Monroe, returning with Mrs. Eubanks Monday.
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