LARGE NUMBER BENEFTTTED
BY MOONUGH r SCHOOL
Uorta of County Toockoro la MoonNgkt hM Work Bocurod
Good Iwdk Warollnat Ov«r Two Huadrod g«ra Doao Bl(
Tkiaya and G4v«u Luting Bouodto to tko Paopla.
TV* effort* of tha teachers in Scot
land county to loam tho flUtarst*
dtisea* of tho county to rood and
wrlta during tha paat fall, mot with
a largo maaaura of success, and aa a
result of their labors in tho moonlight
schools 144 persona is Scotland wore
greatly baneflttad.
Thar* was enrolled In all of the
achoala *21 pupils and the average at
tendance, or those who gave evidence
of intaraot in tho wark waa 144. This
doaa not mass 144 paraono learned to
road and write, for a good away of
this number could road and writs ha
fora, and attended that they might
receive the bandits of other etadlca
with which they war* not familiar.
Just what proportion of tho 144 could
road and write la net riven in tha re
port handed us, hot 8upc Pad* is
highly pleased because of tha work
dona, and is putting forth an ener
getic effort to make tho moonlight
school ovan a biggs r sueceau this year.
tm aur crept acnoou, um enrou
BMDt and the average attendance fol
low*: Laura] Hill, enrolled 97, aver
age attwdaare 17; Woodvill*, enroll
ed 18, avenge attendance 10; Me
lon'* Cmei, enrolled XI, average at
tendance 18; Rachel*, enrolled 9, av
erage attendance 7; McOirt, enrolled
18, avenge attendance 14; Wright'*,
enrolled XI, average attendance 18;
Wtikes, enrolled 6, average attend
ance 8; Laurtaburg, enrolled 77, av
erage attendance 66; Snead's Grove,
enrolled IS, average attendance 9.
Sopt. Peels explained that average
attendance meant those who really
wanted to learn and received actual
benefits from the schools. This be
ing true, 144 parson* ia Sootland
county, because at the aaerlfice* made
by the teach*!* In tb* county, have
boan enabled to attend school and re
ceive, lasting benefits that otbsrwiea
would have been denied them.
The moonlight aebool movement In
Scotland county was a eneceea, and
that mean* that Scotland county ha*
bow greatly beeefttted
Tb* good accomplished, and the
light abed into tb* minds at the Il
literate person* at the county ia one
that cannot be reckoned easily and
that will beer fruit for many, many
years to eome.
The teachers, who, without compen
sation or bop* at reward, except in
the happiness they found hi the
thought that they were helping their
unfertunate fallowmen, deserve the
fomm»rtitifm for Um atcri
flew they her* made and the good
that they have accomplished.
Tha many Laarimbu* Wanda and
relatives ad Mr. Prank T. Bissau warn
glad ta graat him in Laurinborg yea
tarday.
Mr. BtsaaQ want ta Emp soma
thing orar threw yean ago in aaarch
of health, and returned to America
tan day* ago, landing In Naw York.
Bo spent a week In Norfolk, Va, and
arrived hero yootorday morning.
Prim his appearance ha has ha an
imnrmafnl in finding tha Tatars of
health ka aoogkt. Ha talks interest
ingly of the war that to bring waged
across the way, and It to oar hope
to have him tall cor readers come of
his impressions of the great strug
gle, and of Ms trip.
Frederick W. Tanner, eondeetar am
tha “MQllectaire Express," of the Now
York, Now Haven and Hartford rail
road, has retired at the age of T8
years. Mr. Tanner, who to a riridmt
of Pittsfield. Mass., estimates he‘has
traveled 8,000,000 miles daring Ms M
yean af aerrtoe on tha railroad.
The Bov. Dr. C K. F. CheeUarii. a
gradaate of the universities of Ger
many and Oxford, to tearing too
■onto to ergs too negroes Is retan
to Afrim at toe close of too Fsropr—i
war. Mo soys ho has moored lfitO
Basket Bail Guinea.
Tha following report of two beakat
ball game* should have appeared in
our last issue, but because at the
limited apace waa crowded out:
On Friday, Fob. 18th, the basket
ball taarai of Spring HU and Snead's
Grove mat on the grounds of tha Ut
tar. Two interesting games followed.
The first played by the girls of the
acbooU and tha second by the boys.
Tha Spring Hill girla won an easy
victory, tha ace re being IS to 3. All
on tha team made brilliant plays, es
pecially Mias Janie McKay, who prov
ed herself to be aa exceptionally fine
goal thrower. By winning this gams
the girls of Spring H1U proved thsm
aehrei to be the best basket ball pUy
ere In tha county, as wail aa being tha
bast young ladies In many other re
spects. Immediately after tha game
tha boys played with tha result that
Spring Hill waa again tha winner.
On account of the swiftness with
which the ball kept continually going
through the Spring Hill goal. It waa
vary difficult to keep up with tha
score. It was decided however that
tha score was 36 to 11.
I
The following dope about the Leu
rinburg High School baae ball club
ha* beaa tent In bjr on* of the loyal
Iotcm of th* gam*.
Wall, wa have itartod, and we are
goiag some.
Start our epring practice next
weak, with Mr. Baeeoa Weill ea ocr
coach. W# mean business.
Don’t be surprised to hare a call
tWe weak. We figure to mH you one
of our ticket*. W* hit upon thi* aa
e way to get a start. You can look
out for some good baft within a few
weeks.
AL Fields has bis old position a*
manager again, but with a little more
EXPERIENCE.
Fatty says he wiD hare off enough
weight to make th* teen this year,
but there is a lot of doubt jet a* to
the weight question.
McArn's getting the pep and is
going right after the old game again.
Cooper says be would like to pitch
this year, but ays if necessary he
will be contest with anything.
Herndon and Wallace end-are
to fill the outer garden and prospects
look good.
Nani can’t be with us this year and
w* will mine Ma very much as be was
considered one of our beat man.
Don’t forget to help us all you can
when our nanresesis come around »■»!
explain our plan.
Temporarily Baited.
Tha movement to erect a now
Methodist ehorrh building in Laorin
barr has baan temporarily baited.
U la tha purpoaa of tha eangr^a
tioa to tract the near church building
oa the corner of lfala aad Charcfc
streets, aad far this purpoaa a lot waa
bought two yean ago. It was than
tha plan to aril tha eld ehureh prop
erty, aad at that time they had aa
offer for it that would, give them a
good profit Above fra price paid far
tha now location. At this time they
♦annot Rat a eatlafpetory price of
fered for fra old property, aad aa a
reeult of this, tha pleas of ths eee
gr*Ration for tha new church have
boon temporarily upset.
tt is the hope of avaryaaa that this
weailng abataoU can aooa be remov
ed, end that the MOthodiat congrega
Hon may eoon be wnrnhiping in their
aaw building.
Tb Return Today.
Tho family of Mr. B. E. Lae are **
pactiag him to return from Hot
Spring*, Ark., today. Mr. Lee waa
•erriad to Rat Spring* Christmas
waak for treatment fee rheumatism.
At that Haw he waa vary alrit aad
eomplriely helpless, aad H i* a matter
af modi pleasure to his frtoads hack
k*«» to know that talas eafiietmiUj
WWW* to retmra to Leeriaburg.
MMff a f el lew win att on a boa at
lean againat a wall aad talk about
"National pnparadaaas" when ba
engirt to be pwgnrtog Me garden.
That** a tori, Maine Enquirer.
THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE
By Harry M. North.
OPPRE88TNG THE POOH.
ta a gnat deal written in the
Bible about the troetmont seconded to
the poor. Evidently God thinks
muck ef them, and I should be (low
to oppress say ono who seems to be
so near to Him. Many times Hs is
represented as taking the port of the
poor against than whs had wronged
them. I am sure that Gad would
make a very strong Advocate In the
defense of the hoi pleas. Ha Identifies
them end their cause with Himself.
It is written that he that giraa ta the
poor ie thereby lending to the Lord.
That would seem to bo mossy wit
invested. *
God made provision for the peer
beck in the early days. He directed
that when man reaped their fields
they should always leave e little for
the poor people of the eommenlty, and
the owner of trees must not thresh
off the last of the fruit but must al
low some to remain for the needy.
They were not to take a poor man's
garment or any such necessary thing
as a pledge from kirn, nor should they
hasp it over night, lest the men should
suffer on account of not having it may
be to cover himself at sight. When a
workman bad finished hie task and
had come fgr his pay. he was net to
be sent away with Instructions to corns
again, but hs was to be paid then. Ho
needed this money to live on.
Saint James speaks very bitterly
egatnet certain rich man who had
kept back the wages ot those who bed I
reaped their fields. By oppressing
the poor they had heaped together
treasons for the bet days, but they
should not last until than us God
would see to it that theae Ul-gotton
gains became corrupted in their pos
session. 1 have known prices put up
at company storm and commie-rise,
and laborers compelled to trade there
or lose their positions, and they had
to pay extortionate prices. A terrible
Judgment is earning some tin— upon
those who have feathered their neats
by making others hungry and eoM.
i Sene times a mortgage ought vo be
extended rather than dosed, it eoeans
to m» If In thaws • willing mind,
ftvs this poor man a chance tootui
his fart one* morr. Do you think it
Just right to taka his vegetables aad
small fowls and cattle off tha little I
farm to satisfy your claims? And
may be the winter is coming on- It
occurs to ms that God weald not like
for you to do that. Aad those thing*
that tha poor family bought from you
on the installment plant they had
paid much on them but not quite all;
aad you took bark tha goods and kept
tha money also. Do you think it was
right? I tcH you with all my soul
that it was wrong. But you say that
the law allows you to do this vary
thing. Why certainly it dees for It
war anode for yoer sake. But the
higher law of God would my other
wise.
The cases of assay ef these are dis
posed of entirely too qeickly hi court.
They have no strong friends sad no
hacking, and nobody cares. Occa
sionally n compassionate )udgs Will
car* for such ones, but frequently he
doss not understand tha circumstanc
es. Yet each ana of us la supposed to
ha equal before tha low. In theory
this Is true, but darn it hold to fact
aad peacUoa always?
I can imagine this peer man sitting
at home thinking over the injustice
shown him. He spanks to Us wife
and family shout tt all. nod knssTlug
they place their oase fa the hands of
the Greet God that Be may decide and
administer for thrm. The goodness
eg Gw badness of the poor should
have nothing to do with Gw character
of the treatment they rueehra from
you. They are to be judged by Am
other. I am not pleading that you do
this b> pity last you might think wall
of yoorself for showing them kind
sees, but 1 am asking that you do it
hi an justice and in the fear at God.
Beetle**’* ArtwnMlw.
Mr. C. a Miller, of the UnWeraitr
of North Caroline, hee compiled mm
latereetfaig atatleHre about the uto
■ehflee hi North Ouoliae, whfeh «ia
yabiiabed to toe earrewl edition of
the UafeereHy Neve Latter.
•eetoued tanks fourth to the Uet oC
eoaatiea, heria* » eatoeaohWee. or
om to e*«T It f—ntee Moekloe
har* has the laryeet aaatoer of any
oeanty to toa State, NT.
Them art three inoIIm that hare
aa aaOoawtdlea. Theee aea AIU
«he*y. Orafaaaa and MUehaD. Medt
eea serf day hare ealy mm aaeh.
FEDERAL COURT JURY.
CM Alas U Blow and Jary CemmJa
afaaar Pattcraae flalacto Jary far
Federal Court.
Col Ala L. Blow, Clerk to the
Federal Court of the latent District
of North Carolina, and Jury Comnio
oloonr D. A. Pattoraon. rame to Leu
rinburg Thuraday to drew a Jury to
aarva at tha next term of Federal
Court, which will eoareae here at tan
o'clock, Tuaeday. the t8th day of
Men*. Judge H. Q. Connor, ad WU
•on, praalilhig.
Following Is the liat ad Jerora
drawn:
T«yWr Ftelde, Laurinberg, C. &
McMillan, Wayram, W. K. Bullard.
Wayram, J. C. Clark. Laurtnbarg,
WUBam E. Zonae, Lanrinburg, L. E.
McCall, Laurinbury, J. B. Mae, Leu
rfnbwrg. Jama H. Tarry, Leurlnbarg,
8am J. Siler, Laarinberg, T. K, Fa
mar, Laurel Hill.
County.
W. A. Wilkb«, M>«ton, In Dario,
Brta. Mura Smith, St. paoU. Ryan
McBryde, Rad Springs, Footer WO
llama, McDonald. R. A. Carter, Max
Ion, J. A. McCormick, Rennert, P. B.
KiaUv, Lamberton, B. C. McNair,
Maztoa. John D. McNolIl, Rad
Springs, 1. G. McRae, Maztoa, Don
ean M. White, Loin be non. N. P. Me
Arthur, Rad Springe, McKay McKin
non. Maztoa, W. K. Culberth, Lam
berton.
Bake County.
J- C. Tfcoaaa, Raeford, M- H. Me
Raafaid. Lather Clark, Raeford,
N«1U McKinnon, Dand arrack, W SI Ham
McPadyao. Raoford
D. W, SadWrry, Hamlet, N. A.
Campbell. Hamlet, K. K. Diggm,
A. J. Butler, Heflbaau.
P- R. Hoffman, A. D. Sptrey
Dockery, Rocking
Kaway^ W. P.
W. A. Me
Gaantjr.
H. Ledbetter, Sanford, Wll
lism l.1 Brook*, Jonas boro.
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Kn. Fairly Eatcrtaha.
Th« tost meeting of the Thursday
Afternoon Book Club mot with lira.
A. M. Fairly aa hostess. 8L Valentina
was the topic and the program was
carried out in fall. 71m origin of 8t
Valentino was a paper by Mrs. i. T.
John. Mra. W. D. B. MeBacfcam
road amoral love poems. Mrs. Daniel
Shew gave a reading, “Lure gin
Between Babbie and the Little Min
uter." A selection waa lanilw id on
the piano by Klee Begonia Fairly,
■ftor which entreat topics were given
by Mrs. T. T. Covington. Pragma
ehra lock waa then played, the acorn
earde being baert-aheped Miss Elisa
beth Whitfield made the Mgfcast aeon
aad was presented with a pair of aUk
koas. Mra. Fairly, aaeleted by bar
daughters, Misses Eugenia aad Mar
tha Fairly, and Mias Carolyn Fatten
Freckles.
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The Broadway Arnarnt Cam
paay. the producers of "FreaUae”
wWA eoaMo to tho LauriahUrg opera
home has spared neither pates nor
*»"" •» otaging thte song play in
"to** elaborate manner poeaibie.
In tho Am place, there Is an Mrrlron
mont to “Freckles-, which very few
plays Pea#asi; chance* for scenic in
*tofkare aamsingly natural and pie
tortoque; and whew tt la understood
tte< the management has brought tt
ap to tb* highest standard of stage
Pto^etkm, both from * scenic point
ofvtow and by means of a thoroughly
«■*, there it * double assurance of
Merit “Freckles" will play here
Thursday, Marsh Pth.
Walter H. Maal *m mkH
•d tw oOur craning a* latoialag
be** to find Uawatf taattod to bk
<bbg w, wbara a aikllaat
Ham wma anal la k«a a<
bk btttMag. Omn vara laid far lb.
Mr. aad Mr*. Aim PalHg, Mr. aad
Mn. A. L. imam, Mr. aad Mia. T. J.
OUi. Mr. aa* Mr*. fidwnd Oftom.
Mka MU Stowart aad Mr. W. R.
SPECIAL BARGAIN DAY
HERE NEXT SATURDAY
Tmtb WW fca Pan af lm ami Atteaatfra «»—r-‘— -~T-, — ^
ta»aa«aaaa t* *a BayUt PaM. I Panaa Win Oa a Laag Way.
Thaaa Wha Ara Otahg ^T-galai
Next Saturday, March 4th, ia to be
ftps rial Bargain Day In Laarinburg.
Tha event to of more than passing
Importance to tha baying public in
this and sunouadiag eounttos.
It doesn’t matter whether yea ecu
rich or poor, white or Meek, tha invi
tation to corns to Laurinburg to sa
big, eo broad, that it manna yse—
everybody. Of caarsa evarybody will
! not ho hare, wa wouldn’t have it an,
; because there would be nobody to go
to Marten, Wagram aad Olbaoa, hat
yea will And more folks hare ttot day
than yen have ia away days, bseams
Laurinburg to offering the attraction.
You any peer purse looks like m
elephant has stepped on ItT Well,
that> the reaeea why yen must eome
to I eiilaben nest* Saturday—roar
dimes will work like bigger oolite, be
cause the business men of Laoriabnfg
hare mid se btenues they win aril
yea goads cheeper than ever before.
Thar* to nothing under the eon bat
cotton and wheat that acta like tt
wants to go down in price. Every
thing you bay in going higher aad
higher every day, bat ea Saturday
wa are griug to forget the war, tha
high prices, and easaa to Lauriaburg
because In this good town tha Law
Prices aad Big Bargains will malts
you forget that there aver waa nay
high prices.
Yomr neighbor to coating; your
frleede are earning—aad of course,
you trill be here too.
The business bouses that are offer
ing you very special bargains far that
day are as follows: D. O. A W. D.
WRIGHT, MeLAL’RIN A SHAW,
MRS. «7. D. JAMES, D. M. OILLI8
CO., MRS. C. E. ODOM, L A. MOM
ROE A BON, THE YELLOW STORE.
THE MODEL PHARMACY, BP
REIN? DEPARTMENT STORE.
PLANT, yRA TRADING CO, EU
RANSPU A 1# CENT STORE; Z.
ANTHONY and THE LAPKIWBUROI
EXCHANGE.
Visit any of tbaao places and you
will And that yon will ha given RKAL
BARGAINS
Aa afternoon party ia honor of
Miasm Mary Gordon and Pansy Fat.
am of Hamlet was given at ths raai
dmw« of Mrs. H. O. Covington by
Miaaoa Mario Covington, Marlon day
ton and Hattie Wall Bryaat. Rook
was played and Mrs. Edwin Morgan
auda the highest boots and received
*he prise, a ban of eorraspoadsnea
cards. Onset prism were gtvaa to
both Mias Gordon and Mias Botnar.
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-khd h gob** r
and It would he impoeaible
Maam to bay the s
oMerfa* for tho I
he setting thsas f
The sale is tab*
H. M. McIntosh, an (
manager, and then is no t
wfll W a real ■
PSB! ___ia
by this sale.
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CWfW WHJ. StmWMkhf. |
SW> McInto^TcoIored, «u «r
»^Ud Thuraday ni*Wt open a ekarca
oT apkUac «ka atara of Mn. c. K.
Olo». On tka nkrkt of fakraary
Utk tka atara waa brokoa Into and
mbbad of a lot of dry rood.,
. SSrstiste
• portion a* tka ar
_ •«*»* CMaf Hubbard Want
ot«M «Mk tka <
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Mn Ana.
*2* *•»*Mr *■ a.
Modlia, of tho aight poOeo foooe, ha»
S^em.** wtrfoitaao to break Ms
Tho aeetdret oeearred Under «!-»■«•
of loot about U rtink. Mar
Modlia and Otar Bren had bore
*• tCrVifeXta ta,1 jam
turning to Mr. Breva'e aureatate.
and whoa they reachad tho BeH TMo
phoao ota, Mr. Modtaa alighted fnxa
tho «ar. which had aot core* to a mm
pteto atop, and ia aoree-rr foil
ae ho otepped frtaa the reaidag board.
la tho foil ho i r ri In hi breht*
am oad • dislocation of hia wrlrt
**• «*»d to aoda that tho Hi Jar
<00 are booling
Now Phyairfaa.
for tho practice of Mudhdna!"*
Dr. Oonnoday le a young. iniuoi
Mad a gredreU of Mm Uidrer
Mty of North CareUna. of tho JToffor
M Modi col Cotta, Philadelphia, oad
tho POM Gradaoto CoUogo. of Nov
Tort After gradaalh^ (na M
faraaa Medical College, ho did aan
rtdorehlo hoopital work, aad la ori
dontly wall orpgpp.j for hte chores
The Erchaago ortredo to hha o real
Uwrtaborg wotooMo.
in Erertagton'a Dng Bhn
A C—
h —r tut I— «M« r||ii i ul m
■dvtrlla—far the B—tiek Male■
Ok, whkh Ml ten he— far 1. T.
It—tick A AreO ■»
The Beettth Me Q-—
which Mr. J. T. Beadekw—the—tt—
•bfe'BMlil uTfewtM.Mr’
Jim B—tiek ere rmtlaaiaa in the
stock baa—. »t the ae-e
where the Boetfck Mate Ck, operated,
b— nader the Aim a— of 1. T. Boe
tiek A Brether.
The matters of the Beetick Mole
Company are being closed op bp Mr.
J. L. Sutherland.
Bostick Broths— hare ho— la tha
o—Mrof p—n^ —d7?plMMr
BMick Mala On. is ratttag from
S1JZS*,1 nu>"r*
*bs sniTBcSsI ad appears in tb
Mr. aad Man Boland Coviagt on en
tertained in haa— mt thatr gn-ta.
M*——Pkaey Fcdaer aad Mary Oer
M ad Hamlet PWty two w— ployed.
After the game it was d that
Mi— Julia Stewart —d Or. l—hcr
Oibo— tied with tha tifghaat seen.
The cat gees Mi— Stewart the priaa.
a eat gtasa took The gneals pris—
were o]m eat gte— tun AIM with
daffodil, and Vied with yeAow —da
fenowed by aht'd—iW
Lwr MtUMdi Ham*.
R will b« a matter at good new* to
tha Scotland county friends at Ur
McLaaohtln. U, know that ha ha.
•wGWontly rtoorared from tha tajar
laa ha r«oat*«d torn weeks ago at
H*nU, Ala., to roaac u Ida horn at
Vagram for a rUR.
. Mg. MalaaehHw wan a*Handy
•tabbed by a negro man a* Placate
••ratal waste ago. R araa at Star
thought that hie lajuttoe would peore
**U1, and We Mam* frtoadi fan tbto
■action will be glad to knew that ha
adttod to
MmtN*
teftorfd*
Mmr A
nf the N
thafttol a totdge arhan tha artoasr
Vdddngtcn yaaaed ant d tttlnto
- mtohtateMi.k.t n»
odmlrajwlttodtor^tb.dTaym
■Thawte an the an*. s