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VOLUME XXXIV
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
TO BE HERE APRIL SEVENTH
gDiihlaiiit PmI* Making Strong Efforts to HsM Largost Coo sty Cam
maacomaat Eror—Taacfcorm’ Aaamiatiom Will Mast at Spring HU) Sat
arday—Ton tall to Program lor CommaacomoaL
Hm wltta on arrangements for
County Commencement mot in Super
intendent PselsH office Saturday, Feb
ruary 5, aad outlined a tentative pro
gram fur Scotland'a annual school
classic. The commencement will be
held in Laurioburg again this year
and the data will be April the seventh.
Various plans aad features wars sub
mitted aad disco seed, but with a few
minor changes tbs program that was
need last yaar will be followed again.
In order (o make County
meat a success, each teacher mast
feel that he or aha bean a part of the
’ responsibility aad should begin at once
U prepare for It. The Scotland Coun
ty Teachers* Association will meet at
Spring HUl school house next Satur
day, February 12, as guests of Prof.
Caiuthere and hie faculty. At this
thus U te thought that Superintend ant
Peels will make a strong appeal to
each teach#r to get active in preps r
tug for commencement. At this meet
lag, also, more definite arrangements
far commencement will be outlined.
This should be the most important
meeting of the association this year,
aad President O. C. Williamson is vary
desirous that each teacher to the
county be present.
Although some changes may be
\ made aa to time of tha erects, a
falriy accurate idea of tha program
for Commencement may be had from
the outline below.
10:00 A. M_Parade.
11:00 A. M.-Recitation Conteet.
11:40. A. M.—Declamation Co* tat t
12:20 —Spelling Contest.
H:40—Awarding of medals, diplo
. mat, reading cert ill ca tee.
1:00 P. M.—Dinner.
»«00 P. M^-Tmek Meat.
4:00 P. M—Baseball game.
^^jnhe^toecLjgtoct will inriiA. the fol
yard daah; onc-half mile run; stand
ing high jump; running high jump;
aland lag broad jump; running broad
jamp; aad a four team relay race,
covering a diltance Af one mile, for
boys under 14 years of age. The com
mittee on athletics has arranged far
the standing broad jump; 60 yard
dash; the running broed jump; and
the running high jump.
The baseball game will be played
between the team rep ream ting the
Lnorinburg graded school and that
other team which has won the cham
pionship of tha county, with such help
•a that school desire* from other
school*.
At next Saturday'a teachers' meet
ing announcements will be made re
garding two assay contests, reading
emtHkatas, aad (wreath grade '
Battens aad diplomas.
Tha spelling eootast k opaa to uy
■tadeut la the grammar grade*. On*
***** *iU» study win disqualify for
this contest. 81a gold aiadate will be
affarad, aad far each ooataat Mftabla
grin** wU ha gisua.
Aim Lag Bight.
A petition eight miles long wee
prat mi tad in the Senate lent Ttes
** W** the Coo gross to put aa
aabarge on ansa am) aemany
■dWe etoM atop the wax in three
months, hat it would also stop tha
etroaaa of gold that is pouring into
tha pockets of the mamsfsetoiwro of
ansa and ammunition. Wo wiah with
all our hearts that our law makers
wtr* —mtgh to listen to the peo
ple and Mop their ears to the steak
«ouey. Mary be they wiU be. Let
us baps for the bast.—Charity ami
Children.
Compos! owe.
Members of the Aoherlllc (Ire de
partment will contribute 40,000 cigar
ettee to the wounded soldier* in Bel
(Ua Field hospitals. Mow isn’t that
a contribution worth talking about T
We hare not yet heard of any boner o
Ma* body contributing Wad tiger
boose—Charity and CUMreo.
The Mss of s Fantasy Boy.
EIGHTEEN MONTES OP THE EU
ROPEAN WAR.
No Re repeal Country Hu Beau Ben
aStud—Ner Baa Human liberty
Been Advanced, But Unspeak
able Suffering Hae Been
Outag On.
The European war will have lasted
eighteen months tomorrow. The
blaclreat eighteen months known to
the modern world!
What hae bean aeoompUsbadT
No European country hae been ben
> eflted. nor has human liberty advane
ed at any point, nor has any great
mend principle triumphed la nay
place or on any battlefield,
i The net result has been 2,990,000
man in the very prime of life killed;
more than 2,200.000 made prisoners,
and more than 9,890,000 wounded and
maimed, many crippled for life.
This Measureless bloodshed and
suffering, making millions of widows,
aad many, more millions orphans, has
boen the heaviest toll of the war.
Next, the money lose—<10X2.000,
000 borrowed for war by Germany,
Auetria and Hungary; <1«,199,000,000
borrowed for sear by. France, Eng
land, Russia and Italy; a grand total
of <27X1,000,000 spaat In making
' war.
Waeugc of Monty Stopendoes.
The mind cannot grasp such stu
pendous figures, or such wastage. It
means twenty-seven times the total
national debt of the United States in
curred In Its yean at history, includ
ing five ware.
It mesas n sobs total to the entire
i savings, or increase in capital, of thp
re world far tan years,
mesne n debt or about *M0 fpr
Mft* cour
i tries—more than the total Income of
« year of every European peasant
family or unskilled laborer in Eu
rope.
| It means tax burdens for this gen
, era lion and for generations yst un
born that will asks the burdens at
Ilfs greater than ever before tor all.
! In short, as an expert In foreign
exchange wrote last week, bankrupt
cy is so menacing in ail the warring
countries that “if political economy
| does not aoen make an end of the
war the war will make an end of
political economy."
What has bean accomplished I
The allies have failed atterty to
Penetrate or even serioaaly weaken
Germany.
Germany has failed utterly to
strike a decisive blew at any of her
four chief rnstales
The Pra aeo-Prussian war was
ended In 47 days, when the French
•nay surrendered at Sedan and the
Emperor Napoleon was made prises
Nowhere e Decision. I
Now. a* the end ad 647 day** there
ere two battle lines, LfiM miles long,
deadlocked at every point. Nowhere
a decision. Ail the nation* (hrf^
ta death, none able to strike a da-1
drive Mow.
The Germans have shown a power
of organisation at haste and n ■*«
tnry power ta the field that rite com
Mnad armies ad Britain, Prance, Baa
de and Italy caanot break.
England has the command af the
aaa. And fai an history saa power
has never yet been hasten
_??** yaeritle hopelia,
Intervention at nantral powers to ra
ster* peaseT
"Bulldog" England has last_r
battles In 360 yean, bat baa never
acknowledged a defeat. Brave Prana#
has shews a gsltaatry, a unity, end
above all, a ataadiseaa and endurance
in this war worthy of her noblest tra
dition. Both nations are unwilling
oven to diseam peaea at the yiasmt
Moment, bemuse, as long at Germany ,
bald* in her armed poeaesekn neeriy
four-tenth* *d industrial Praam,
marly all at Baigism, Barbie and Pa
and part ad fee richest iadsa
trial laetlms ed ftamis. aha it In hat
tar^posttioa to negotiate tmt pmoe
KaaamalTpam. * *T"1'
A* «T* jmr old ton ai Mr. and
to* CM* at todagtoa, «*
hrid . at a lead* tot «a oaa dap
to pa* «* ad witk to anal
naalt, to* aad kfllad Ida etghtew
THINGS PEHTA^ JING TO LIFE
Br Baiir It Nott.
HOW TXU1X CAMS TO TH! ELECTRIC CHAIR.
TBa tost warts ot men are always
of a pa rial Interest to aa hiraaaa of
the importance of tha asaeat la
which they art ottered- It seems that
one woo Id be entirely (a saraaet at
aach a time and that ha woald speak
the truth If there ware may loft in
him. Now a certain man by tha name
of Troll was put to death last Septem
ber in tha State prison. Just before
his death ha made a statement of what
had broegfat him to so track an aad.
Ha declared that whtekey and had
companions and woman had worked
hia rain.
"Whiakay." It is the old story
once more. What a harden of crime
I has been laid open this thine of
I strong drink. Had it bead a living
being it would lone age have auak to i
tha lowest hall on account of tha taw1
ribte weight ef its wtekadnaaa. Lkjeor
bums wherever it touches. The
| or ot it, end tbs seller, aad tha drlak
ar, and those who are akin to tha
drinker, and those who have in any
Jway to dead with him, all these am
.hurt y tha staff. This alone would
I have joined tha maa without tha other
, two evils, for tt has brought down
■»ers people than have beta alahi dnr
hig tha groat war or even in all the
. wars ef the times and af the world.
And etUI maa wiU break tha law for
Jt; they win sail all far it; they win
steel end lie aad go iate death itaelf
for it But it may be that tha days
of strong drink era numbered.
-bm companion*. Why, ear-1
tainly. He need not have told that;
I could have go—a ad aa much. Ttm
taro moat aorelr ace found together.
Taka tt either way you will; If you
get with bad companion* than the next
thing la to find whiakay; or if you
gat the whiakay Brat you can not net,
until the bad com pan tone coma to ew
Joy it with you. Man da aot care to.
drink alone aad they an —imtlj badj
hi group*. The— bad companies I
had atolan from Urn hit childhood'•
incited vm .« +;jm
thing* he had held aarnd. and gHr*
him in exchange thpofor all a—utar
of blaaphamy and deftU—ant atuf
guilt And you, my friaad who read
the— Uoaa, Have yon not ait aaso
eiau who do— not can for the white
thing* of your aeul; who do— not like
the good, but like* the bad instead?
I pny you break away from saeh leak
yon lo— honor and truth and God and
b* poor indead.
"woman.- I am sorry that the maa
Trull put it this way. Ha should haru
•aid "Bad wornae", for they are tha
oaty oner that ewer bring a down
ta tha pit Poeeibiy though ha did apt
know tha other aort; tha kind whoaa
aoois are aa fair and ehaete ah aajr
Baetm Lily;,who taka asm away from
■in and lead them to God and beam*.
Nay bo his mother died when ha waa
a child, er may be aha waa aot a good
wtmsan.. 1 wonder if ha had a alatar.
aad if there were not aaay yephf
in hia coasm unity who would
out white hand# if Mb
Urn. No. I am am
that ha departed from the "—ifair^r
of hia bams, and that ha luted;**
company of Woman wham ha did*
not bring to aU.
ton. Bad be pef
gone ta tha chair.
The man of course most blame
aalf for It all, far he sought hut tha
tuty things which worked hie rot*.'
He know well what the reeolte would
be and with open ayes ha walked fa*
the fire and waa burned, i ham no*
Used that tha Are fa aa respecter id
porsour, but will burs aO flbiaae whs
walk into it Why win maJaat Taatn
their lessen before they huts a**
, through fas bitter uraarlsaop «f thrir
laws ateT Yeur trouble Is that yds
think yourself mi mmapUuu to **
rale, wheruae the rule b muds W*t
the conduct nf preriaaly each folk* dir
you. You a*y -it g*
i “xi Bam, but It will hot
will newer get tha hold
gat ob them; I shall aot
bag- Others hare talked that
I . It
I MOW THEY STAND.
aad Britt Alnao Beady to Go am
Far aa WUeeo Daaim.
Hoed, Godwin, I
Md Stodxian wish to boo tho
of tho ooMittooo which are
our defease. They are
Doochtoo, whOo for
declared himself be
» extremes. j
Pecc U nooeoauail
* Bepreeentative Eltehin, u atatad in
•a Interview of Honda?, it for eon-'
*}"**■• tha regular program of
mam—, and la oppeeed to th# plan
CE tho PraakJonU I
: Water Simmont aaid ho btoiend
•pe Praeident meant for Cnograae to
oat tho proper plan, hut it act
to Warn at aU the -inwiltliiun
•f the Department. He hm oat com
h*e*ed hit study of tho queetioe.
Water Overman does not think
tha- country to danger, bat if H wart
he.wuold be in favor of tvary
thtop to become prepared. He fav.
•t* what may teem nirreeery when
full information it bad on the eondi
W at our defeat* arrangement*
Poa said be tenors the Prtei
,'t“t Mata. Goad BaggeoOan.
flfla suggestion in a Meant tana
«. ha Iseordsr that oar Tatiana as
*nftati—■ — change ti)« da tea of
that* meeting* aa not to conflict with
aoch othar as they do now, sometime*
qn many as sight or ten meeting tha
Mma waak. Wa wish tha brothnm
SJtald taka this an ggeetioa to hoarL-X
Charity and Children.
.. Mtm. Coving tan gntm
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f Tha Saint Caeilla Manic Chib mat
With Him. Roland Covington Wsdnss
■ftemoan af last waafc. Tha
”notaa af tha Uat wasting ware nad,
ftar which tha program far tha af
naaa wan oa triad oat, da follows:
IbachgBi.” akateh, Miu Julia 8Uw
Rtetkana.- atory,
ltd. Ik Covington; vocal solo, Kiss
toa Taaaaa; choral nhiaraal. tha
tdh. trfraatiiaiLU wars sarvad hy
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COL. J. P. GIBSON CROSSES
BORDER—HAS BIG TIME
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BmMk Cmlklu YMu UutaWri mmi —- » ~-,r
Omat at -CMtaa Maaar-,ta WMak Cmtatf mm* TWa OMak an
Oaaala—VWta PrWa la tftimg HIM ~ ill,
About aatm a year I visit the pro
gressive city at Laarinborg sad ta
always delighted to mlnki* with the
clever aad heepitabls psopls at tbs
good county at gmHsnrl. I havo only
time this morning to outline, briefly,
my risk this weak, to tell of /cam at
the people seen, thiags hamrd aad Ua
p reeel one amde, Tkenday mevaiag 1
left my beam hi BowettavWa. S. C,
came to Johns where I wne met by
my eonsm. Mr. L. P Smith, the lakh
fal aad aOetoat deputy sheriff, aad
aoea waa enjoying the comforts aad
boepitalkies ad his elsgaat beam oa
Covington street.
Lamar Smith is a “chip off tbs old
block' aad to filled with Batumi hos
pitably aad genuine generosity, his
good wife is my aisse and is sne at
the moat artistic hsoaihispsrs I know,
aad her big heart overflows with the
milk at homaa Itjndam. al at which
madam visitors la bar home jeyoas
aad happy.
boom after I bad arrived Thmedby
aMraing, I wee informed by Id—»
that haw with ear era] of tha aeuhty
oAdals, had bean lari ted la dice *«»
day at the bom* ef County Cimir,
Mr. Jaa. R. Jordan* we tail** treat of
Ltorinbvrc. TIm tmiiVm hiii
deaignatad a* a “chitling dinner" and
eoan a ‘phone Lari La lion wa* re cat end
Cram tba boat “to be aura tad bring
PrtM Gibeon with you," aad of eourao
1 want.
I have, known friend Jordon line*
Ha yoang unmarried manhood, when
J» cam* to thie aectien from
Montgomery county, aad he ha* at
.aye boon a gentlemen above re
proach, honorable, npright and pre
eminently a good citiaea. I am in
formed that be la tha beat coroner hi
North Carolina, aad away people are
of, the entaioo, that friend Jordan'
■bonio have'aha oat any odfeb in the
county.
in* following gentlemen repaired
to the Jordan home where a genuine
foasi awaited them: Depsty Sheriff
Lamar P. Smith, Raimi Petieemaa
Prank K. Smith. CWd at Police F- M.
Hubbard, policeman D. B. Brown and
9. A. ModUn and prosecuting attorney
Georg* T. Goodwyn—and the writer.
Mr. Editor, don* yoo think that tide
was a toagh bunch to Invade ■ gem
oreua bom* just at dinner time? The
table waa laden with many eobetan
tiali and deikmriee. and while ehK
lingo, elegantly served, abounded la
abundance, yet various other ariklM
war* ia evidence in profusion. I re
gretted that W. H. Gtfaaon was not
present, a* he is a lurfttrinaal chit
ling enter, but be had asm* "right
mrnnT em the job, end it Is
for me to epetiellse, It waa
an at and meow enjoyable ocam
si os, tha priest uring attocasy "faced
■Mr at^ tee tabic, and if to can dim
ly and mmmMy as ha <Sd*tWm
chitling*, ua .alary should be Im
creased and to elected far life.
Friday morning hi company with
Oapt. Smith I "Mad away" to Syria*
HU township, whet* tha ——ftm
le high, dry and pan, the bride sing
■imp meedOy and tb* girts grow pres
tie* than anywhere rise—aaeeph down
|to Florida Where I found my little
Bootah lassie. Up ia Spring Hm
everybody I* Beotch. even the old am
greee declare that '
spent the day and dined at the <
|dad eahnred Mam of my friend of
II
mak mom an.
Fte* Fleer Swa^T to Cemmaadtog
toinoaat to a Maa to Affair*
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William Laarto BUI ia Wilmingtea
Om Wednesday dfkt, January tha
lMh. tha Hen. Hut Morgan passed
from hie aarthly hat near Lawto
HOI in Scotia ad eonaty, to the imi
net made with hand* where all Sa
joy *ad pane*. A greet preacher eaid
to the wrttar of thto tribute, on bear,
tog to the death to WOtam Hako
peace Thachary to tendon» "I tool
ns if a great tr—oca ship he* am*
Abaev in mid a—W. So, when a g*d
ama la caMad away (ram hto home,
hto community, hto atate, we may.
waU aay, that “a great tnaaure •top”
to* beau loot to tha world. Mark
Morgan was bam to poverty aad
■truggto and waa left at the tender
aga to aa— years, to battle with the
woridto an effort to help hto widowed
Bo entered a cotton mill aa a floor
■weapar and literally toil ad hit way
up, until ha became one to the meat
•uecaaaful man ia cotton milling to ha
fomd in North Curette*. Ha waa a
poapto aa to gate a landing place hi
their ceonafla, aad baiami not only a
togtototor, hot a artoa adviser md
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