North Carolina Newspapers

Local Notes. Bargain Day. Laurinburg next Saturday. Come to Laurinburg Saturday. Need any printing 7 Wo can do it for you. Saturday is big bargain day ia Lau rinburg. . Mr. W. H. Cox la attending tha Re publican State Convention. Art you ia favor of real prosperity 7 Than coma to Laurlnborg Saturday. Don't forgot that wa will hava can taloups labels and that wa will hava than la abundance. Mias Olivia Russell viaitad bar friend, Miaa Marais Dsn ton. at Ral eigh, during the past week. Miaa Lesm Hall Fisher, a student at Flora Macdonald College, Rad Springs, eras tbs week-end gasst of Mrs. Mae Cameron. If Isa as Ethel and Laila Cowan, of Laurinburg, era spending a few day* with Miaa Victoria Phillips.—Rock ingham Foot. Miss Baltic McIntyre, of Clio. S. C., viaitad bar amts, Mn. Mag Stack hows and Mrs. Mary McKinnon dur ing tha peat weak. Mr. D. B. Brown, of tha dty police fowe, left Monday for Rockingham, whero ha was summoned to attand court this wish, Mr. Htny Everett, who U Uki&g * •pedal course in pharmacy at Page* Unheal at Pharmacy, Raleigh, npsnt the weak rad hern with relatives. Beotia ad Superior Court ior the trial of civil actions will convene hare Monday, March ltth. Judge W. 3. Adame, of Carthage, will preside. Mrs. T. W. Wilson an<] Miee Jennie Pegram, of Gastonia, who were here to attend the McKhmon-Pegrem near riage, were the guests of Urn. W. D. B. McEsohia. Mr*. W. H- Sutherland, who went to Hamlet to he with her eon, Mr. W. R- Sutherland, during hie operation for appendicitis, returned to Laurin burg Thursday night. Mr. P. J. Fee, the keeper of the county home, wee a visitor to this of fice Friday. Mr. Pee stated that there were only six inmates at the county home. About one to every 8,000 In habitants. TIm next big holiday is March 4th. It ia not a National holiday and there will be no president inaugurated—if* purely local and ia a big bargain day. Remember it’s here ia Laurinburg Saturday. Mia* Ruth Gllehrist, a ptudsot at Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, spent the week-end with home folk*. She was accompanied by Miss Ranks McGhee, also a student at the college. Mn. Martin Brown and children, oi Hamlet, wort gents at tha home oi Mr. and Mr*. D. B. Brown during tha Past weak. They returned home Saturday night and ware aeeotupanM by Mn. D. B. Brews aad children. Wo an glad to note that Mr. W. X. Sutherland, who underwent an opera tion for appendicitis at the Hamlet Hospital Tuesday of last weak, la rapidly recovering and expects to re turn home within a few days. Wa will have cantaloupe labels raf fieient to supply tha demand In Beet* land and auirounding counties, and wo urge buyer* of labels to not piece tbeir aiders until they have aeon aa. We can name doe# prices on your ro qubesamta. Mr.| W. H. Cooper has gone to Rich mond, Vn, aad it ia the hope of Mr. and Mr*. Cooper and their many fdmda, that Mi*. Cooper, who recent ly underwent a serious operation at the it. Lake's Hospital In that city, will be able to return home with Mr. Cooper this week. For real bargains Saturday see D. O. A W. D. Wright, KcLeurta A Shaw, Mi*. W. D. James, D. M. Qillis Co., Mn C. X. Odom, L. A- Monroe A Bon, The Yellow Store, The Model Phar macy, Kpetatn'o Department State, Planter* Trading Oo., Eubanks 5 aad IB Cant Store, Z Anthony, and ns, Tha Laurinberg Exchange. Miss Louise Gin antortained Bat. urday evening at the residence of Mr*. J. M. Btansill, in honor of her guests, Kisses KeArn and Ram Washing ton (MU, of Lenrinborg. Them Invit ed were former students of tho State Normal and >minded Klasee Jessie Steele, Lila Walsh, CUE Bennett, Hat tie DeBerry, Ladle EUlott, Tamps Dense ran, Annie Smith, Faith Cov ington, Cote Btansill aad Mrs. P. W. Leak aad Mr*. J. R. McLendon.— Koeklnghom Pest. “Freebie*", • high dam show that in ftiU at tuneful music and whole some wit, will he tha attract Ion at the •porn home Thursday night tho Mu On *• MN, Billy Bind* CUEord, with n strong company supporting Urn, will appear to that fumy mud ml oomody "Walk This Way," This ■hew sendee with It a tody hnhd aad iwhiiln. On tin Stot, another *Mb Bad Boy" will bo*iwmiri! and toe, we ate glad to aaaoean that Coburn's Mtaetrds wig sppoar •.«*. Wc in Issuing Mn pages this wash. . -v. . Reed the ada la tbU laaas. They ere special mieagei to you. Mr. 0. O. Matthews, at Kinston, spent 8unday in Lnarinburg. Mies Nancy Ferrell, rf Durham, is tha guaat of her sister, Mrs. Dan Me Lean. Mrs. W. H. Neal entertained in honor of Miss Anna MeKinnon Mon day afternoon. Mr. J. D. Cameron, of Rockingham, spent Friday afternoon in the eity with relatives. Mlaa Maggie Rose, of Fayetteville, Is a guaat at the home of her brother, Rev. J. M. Rose, D. D., on McLauria Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Dannie and children, of Lumborloo, and Mr. and Mrs. Sum Dunnie. of Fairmont, wore the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Epstein. Mrs. E. E. Detter, of Dallas, has Joined Mr. Dettar, who is preecrip tioniat at Ereringtan’s Drug Store. They are making their heme with Mrs. Mary Whitaker. Quits a number of Laurtnburg peo ple hare made arrangements to go to Hamlet tomorrow night to hear the Hon. William Jennings Bryan *»it about the war. Mam bar* of the local bar mat la tha °®c* of the Clark of Superior Court Tuesday afternoon to arrange a cal endar for the coming term of court, which eonvenee here tha 18th. Mr*. Prank Gaddy haa arrived from Spartanburg, 8. C.. and joined her haaband, who is local mane gar for the Ball Telephot*# Co. They will do light housekeeping and have ranted rooms from Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mor gan. What at flrtt looked ilk* a real, ■ur* enough snow began falling bore Monday afternoon about 6 o'clock. It eontinood to fail «ntU about 8 o’clock, but fortunately, tha atznoa pbtr* was warm enough to keep it moiling as fast as It fall. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Covington, of Blacksburg, 8. C., spent Friday in the city with Mr*. Covington’* brother. Mr. I». T. Blue. They also visited Mr. Covington’* mother, Mr*. Sarah Covington, at her country horn* near Snead’s Grove, before returning home. The last report from Frank Mc Phalter, the colored man who waa •hot from ambush near Wagram two weeks ago, 1* that be U still hanging on to life. It waa Ant thought that h* could not live but a abort while. M« 1« a patient at the Hamlet Hos pital. Mr*. A. M. Fairly bad as her guests Thursday and Friday of Uat weak. Mn. E. A. Johnston and Miss (Hois* McDiarmid. of Baltimore, Md., and Mr*. Biaoo* Howell, of FayattavUla. This Week she haa as her guest. Miss Eleanor Pillar, of Emporia, Va. On Tuesday night Mrs. Fairly entertain ed is honor at Mias Pillar. WAG RAM-RIVERTON NOT8S. Nawa Items af Interest From Our Nalgfcherteg Tatra. Theta days are having their own fun at the expense of the good house wiv— who am anxious to display their beautiful boxed flowers. One day it ia “now I can," and oat they coma; tha next day, “no I cant," and in they 1®. Mr*. G. W. Goodwin, of Laurinburg, ia visiUng the Mine Bullards. Mias Katherine Livingston it on her annual visit to Florida. She ia tpead ing this winter in St. Augustins. Mrs. C. C. Birmingham has bean quite tick sine# the had tha grippe, but Is now improving. One day tha bins bird la giving as “Love’s OM Sweat Song,” and the next day “Tm Oat Hero Freaxing to the Skin.” Mias Jeanette Johneoat, who baa bean teaching ia Kinston, ia visiting bar parents la Wagrem now. Miss Mary KeLaocMIn, who has bean visiting bar brother in Alabama for the past week, returned Saturday accompanied by her brother, Mr. Lacy MeLaachtta. His friends hare wars glad to aee him looking strong again. Joe Bullard is new the —ailing pro prietor of tha grocery stare formerly occupied by Mr. 8. L. Penny. Joe is well known and Hked, and will be sore to get his share of pntcecwga. Tha basest of Duse Nature has never been so lacerated as sow by tha farmers of this eeetion. Ditches are deepened and shrubbed, stumps poll ed, two horae plows and font homo discs am busy. If them is any potash latent In the soil, they nm after it. At the pace things am moving now, people wBl be ready to mat at the and of the row and Natan at tha blarney ipaUs of tha candidates. Mfesae Mary and Kata Watson, s* the Kinston school faculty, am spend* teg the week-ead smong relatives hare. Mm. Mary Whitaker entertained n party af • damn lad We at a Pro gras, atm Rook party Taaaday afternoon. —-wm- --— _ — rna news mu. Odd sad Curiows Happeafag Through out tha Csuati j. Mayor Curley, of Boeton, ia prepar ing to aaetion the Job of municipal dog catcher to tho lowoot bidder. Ha declares that during tha past several year* the Job has netted MAH- Ho consider* this salary too high. Robbers oxhumod the body ef Mrs. Virginia Calhoun, at Kowlesburg, W. Vs., and cut tho rings off hoc fingers. Her shroud was alae stolen. Ot» bushel of eon, containing TO ears of Reed's yellow dent, sold for $126 at tha noeri suction In Carrollton, Mo. It was a prise bushel and was raised in Cooper connty. A total of sis sots of twins, all with in a radius of half a mils, ia tha stork’s contribution to the population of Bowdon Junction, Ga., a small ru ral community. Two pairs of twins arrived within a week. Tan minute* after hie heart ceased to pulsate, James W. Halt, railroad engineer of Crand Rapids, Mich., was brought back to life by a rare opera tion fa which artificial respiration was brought about by tha ose of a silver tabs. Kail regained consciousness and will recover. John Burke, of Huntington, W. Va., has been awarded a verdict for 91.T40 by a Jury, which ruled that Betty Meads Natter mast return cash ad vanced bar on promise that *e would marry him. Miss Nutter used the cash to prepare for her marriage to another man. Now ah* must rvtarn tha gift* with interest. James Shields, of Altoona, Pa., gava an exhibition of his ability to con sume food when be won a wager that he could eat 13 doses oysters. He made It U7 for good measure. The bivalves weighed exactly six pounds. Several hundred pcmoas witnessed the feat, which was performed fa 40 minutes. Shields eecamd to be (till hungry, so he ate two sandwiches and drank a pint of milk. Thomas Murphy, a prisoner ia the county Jail at Tulsa, Okla , charged with flrwt degree murder, was found a few mornings ago suspended from the ceiling by an improvised rope. Although Jail officials pronounced him dead sad removed him to an under taking establishment, sign* of life ap peared in hours later end a pul motor aooa revived him. Physicians aay hie recovery will be complete. Entertatae Book Chib. The OiulnUi Brown lug Book Club *m entertained by Miss Mat Mc Eaehcrn Uat week. After tho read mg of the minutes of the last meet ing, Mias Pattc James gave current topics. Mis* James’ Uat Item' was one of peculiar interest to all pres ent and a great surprise to many. This eras the announcement of the approaching marriage of Min Anna McKinnon, treasurer of the dub and ona of its charter members. Many ween ths expressions of surprise and rood wishes. The hostess thsa pass ed attractive valentines to be used as score cards in the game of rook which followed. Though several cut tor the priae, Mias Bessie Covington was iocky and won a box of candy. Miss McKlhpoo, the bride-elect, was also preseated with a handsome box of caady. The hostess, assisted by Misses Eva McEechern and Bessie Covington and Mrs. A. B. Gregg, serv ed a salad course, followed by mints and stuffed dates. A number of gaeaU ■hared with the club members Mlaa McEaehern's hospitality. F reck Wa Those Who have read Gene Stoat* ton-porter's eharming story "Frsek 100” sad loved the nameless waif for hie manly spirit, hie light wit, Irish tors, and hie beautiful songs; sad who roe swan the “Swamp Angst1* for her baesty sad her chaste, womanly character, will meet ae disappoint ment ia the play. "TrMhlaa” ia proving still e greater snocsas as a song play then the novel, which has been read by several mil Iloa people. It muri not be understood that “Presides’' is a play eeessiMslly with a lava motors, bemuse It is not Thera is plenty of action fo tts working out of He theme cf the kind that “makes the palm beat fester.” The play ia great In Its simplicity, the etory is of absorbing Interest, and *n estimable example at the value of deiag right against all temptation. The Broadway Amusement Com pany's scents production with on ex ceptionally strong cast of players and ringers will be the attraction at the Laarlnbsrg opera hows next Thurs day, March h. Mrs. Lss Returns We are glad to note that Mrs. R. E. Lee has so nearly recovered from the Injuries she received In s foil eospe ftmTumbbtowNdis*' *NM ***** dergsiag treatment at the Hamlet tab bbbl TOPICS. AmiMl North Cum Mm Ttid te Brief. Mr. 0. P. Heath, one of the laed jag bwstaaaa mb of Charlotte, kilted Umeatf aahtMtiahli office M^d.y ■»«r»>la*. Ill health and financial rp> wraaa art given aa the cause. Ur. Heath planned the deed with can, haring Am written e meaeegv of farewell to hit wife. He then sent his eon, George Heath, and hie book kaapar. a nephew, Mr. Theodore Har ris from the office. As soon as he was left alone, he placed n pistol to Iho bach of his bead and pulled the trigger. He lived but Ava minute*. John H. McNeill, colored, was shot and killed by Arthur McDougald, also colorad. at Rowland Sunday aftsr noon- They quarreled over the mt ter ea to how a nasi should he served. In the Stats Hall of History at Ratalgh Manager F. A. Olds has Just Installed a special case of eld colas aad currency that gives a dear rep resentation of coins aad bills tor the PMt 3,000 years, than being old So maa coins, early KngiJah mommy, American Colonial aad the later amn ios Issued in the sarly days of North Carolina's statehood down to 1*73. ■U* "attsntteL**** ***** U attnctte* Bdltor Wads H. Harris of the Char lotto Observer has bean selected tead dnaa the State Medical Society, at Ms annual masting In Durham In April, an the subject, "The Newspaper and Public Health." Pramk Parker of Raleigh has beau appointed government crop reporter for North Carolina, succeeding CoL John 8. Cunningham CoL Canniaig hun, it te said, will be assigned to a mare important post Berry Hensley, who was test sum mer convicted la Buoceabe Superior Court of retailing aad released under a suspended Judgment, has deserted his wifs aad children and eloped with a 17-year eld school girl. "la the Night." The following article was Published in The Journal several years ago. and “ «g»h> pubHshad by rejueet. It •n wtittan by Rev. W. R Abernethy of tha Western North Carolina con ference, ones a professor in Ruther ford college and a son of the founder of that instltstiea sod who hoe been • pastor in this county. Poverty of ••ngndgu heaps n» from aaytag any thing about it father than that H is • ghW'-if'the parast ray—it is hast It was heeded, “to the Night.-* Midnight and past to the village parsonage. Tha hall clock is pitiless; twice each hour it tolls Uuw*h the mega phone of silence like tome iron throated, Iron hearted ghoul. Kor •here is silence; silence that will not buah; alienee which, like the sphinx, chaQongoo tha arise with ita age I eng riddle: "Why should for, outlive life; Stricken sore but bleeding, liv ing, loving all tha moreT Why should •ore’s velvet caress and In uaahaatk •d dawut” These are some of tha things tha sOanoa speaks la yonder roocs tha wife and mother_eo tired —rfuepu by the grace of tha doctor's epiata. yet her mother-heart aches and dream* under tha drugged sUO naa*.. Near bar, with yet resist ly-H the gtrt of six forgets hi child - hood's sloop. And Guy—poor, bruve, pailsstt Guy—sleep* too; ho win wake ia God's morning, to hie study tha puatar alto akma—entirely alone. Tha day haa geos; God saama far away. Maru than one*, standing shoes soma little oaakat, ha has spoken words of aoosfoit to othen; now it la night, aad to toe own seed bis mnatiaora heart ralMae cetaage to these words. Only nfanhyl Yen H« had seen tha leaves trowing aad grossing hot one spring ttaee; yet Ma thin, white Angara knew where the preacher's heart-strings lay •ad fathered thsas aS in his Httls Ast. Ha Nw spoke, aava in that distort Jj>«*s«. • haby’a prattle; hot tha dtVMd fton hit ctHif lipa. ntosoat to tha tort pain, bald of to** haynad ppasch, aad hla deep, dark gray ayes, following father and la seaming wonder that they aad loving—dM aat ana aad rest—(he look of though tha lids era Only a baby! Yet to tha courier of dreams of tha pastor aad ton wife, be had slraady grown into a tall fallow, strong and goad; the wreck «f that vtafen lies yonder in a little snowy casket. Tha haarttow haU-cloek tolls. Tha dawn, cnralass as the dock, comes through tha lattice, ft ia tho hour for tho moantog kiss; it to tbs hour of prayer. To the pressure of the p<4e lips there will be no response—will thrto bo no answer to prayer! Tha preacher is on his know. Bis Ups urtar the «M submission: “Thy will ba dona;" his heart cries: "lly bay, my baby!" Than, si his prayer deep ana with tha deepening dawn, the voice of tha incarnate Lava whispers: Suf fer little children to come uata ma." “FRECKLES” The Play that is proving a big sue* cess as a Song Play, yet has plenty ot act ion in the working out of its theme of the kind that "makes the pulse beat faster/' * ■ ' ' will be presented by the Broadway Am lsement Company at Laurinburg Opera House Thursday Night, March 9th. It is Full of the Finest Music—Full of Songs—Full of Wit, and is one of the high toned shows that will come thjff way this season. Seats on sale at Model Pharmacy. Saturday's Special PALM OLIVE SOAP ' v-r^ 10 cents, 3 esfc*e for 25 cents. 4 cakes Palm Oliva *Wp and ons Jar Palm OHve Vanishing Cream 40 cants. JERGENS BATH TABLETS 8'eaots. 2 cakes for lfi cents. 75 crate par deism VIOLET GLYCERINE 80AP One Box (3 cakes) 20 cants. 75 cents Dosse. All other 10 cent Soap 8 cents. 2 cakes for 15 cento. 75 osots par Doan. 20 cents a box of 8 cakes. TALCUM POWDERS All Taieum Powders, all odors. 15 cents, 3 cans for 25 cents. CASTOR OIL Tbs asms siss bottle as before the WAR 10 cants. Why pay oar competitors 15 cents for the asms sice ! TOOTH BRUSHES AH 25 cant Brushes 15 cants, 2 far 26 cants. DRINK AT OUR FOUNTAIN Hot Cold sad MUk Drinks. None better made. On this . «■>!* wQl seU one COUPON BOOK good for 24 Drinks for 90 cants. These prices are strictly cash. > Yours to serve, Blue's Drug Store A. F. BLUE, Mgr. K. N. BUMMEY, Assistant Mgr. A BARGAIN ALWAYS Pur* Milk, produced under the beet Sanitary condition* and delivered to your door prompt ly twice daily I* one of ibe beat bargain* you can bay in tba line of food*. . We would Ml) it cheaper bat w* can't We could make it cheeper bat we won't ff ! OAKLAND DAIRY “THE HOME Of GOOD BULK.” t