RURAL POLICEMAN DUNLAP FORCED TO SHOOT NEGRO fa«lu OMnr U reread to Aaet Bad N«*re Pilaaan to Order to Pre tect HI—rtf—Wm Aeaauldag Ha With Haadcale After Priam n.i Beaa Bearhad Sunday Rural Policeman 8. H. Dun lap, ooa of Scotland county** moot ef ficient and f aorta— offloers, was forced late the unpleasant duty of shooting Will Marsh, a negro prisoner. Tha ■hooting occurred at tha prison door at Wagram. In response to a call from the wife of Marsh to go arrest him, ho haring raised a rough house and driven Ms wife off fro— home, the officer had pissed him under arrsst Uo had been brought to the prison in ths of ficer's **N—MM and had given ae signs of any form of violence or re sistance. Upon reaching tee prison tee two alighted from the machine. Ae the negro alighted he snatched the offieer’e handcuffs and began to fight him furiously. Be struck him wtte the heavy caffe and was desperately trying to injure if not kill him. In the struggle with him the officer com pletely stripped him of every particle of clothing he wore, and still he fought, striking ths officer om the head, the anas and in his side, caus ing him to suffer many and painful bruts— and a broken rib. After he waa stripped of his clothing ths ad lie— found he oould nut hold hi— and in old— to save his own Ufa, Arad upon him. The bullet struck him in the hip but hod not the effect of sub duing him and not until ho was mauled over the head with the butt mid of the officer's gun did he give in. He was a perfect demon and was evi dently filled up on some kind of dope. Ae soon as be was locked up, medical attention was given him and ho waa later brought here and landed in the county jail. Mr. Dunlap is oca of the bra vest officers in the county and seldom has any troul^le with spy of Us prisoners, __ but in this one he found an exception, —ond had te shoot to protect «■«-“ from the vicious attacks of the negro. Mr. Dunlap and all his friends re gret that ho was compelled to use such drastic methods in this case. Fortunately tee wound it not a seri ous one and the officer la not badly hurt. The Tax Manta. Regsrdlag North Carolina's method d imposing a privilege tax on the different enterprises, the Monroe En quirer draw* the following sensible distinction. 1 “The Sts to of North Carolina puts a higher tax on chantsuquaa than it pata on the eorrkst old hag that ever pretended to tall the fortunsa of the ones with no more sense than to part . with goad money for her to fake 'em. The a range cheats aqua U edn retina aL Many of them are of the highest does. The lectures, the entertain* ■eats of erecy kind at a good ohoa taiupia art entertaining, whelssnrtaiy entertaining and Instructive. Those who go to them are benefited greatly. The State of North Carolina pata a •pedal tax rf fire dollars a day an the Chautauqua If It stayed la a town a year giving lectures and en tertainments, daily, 3undays excepted, the tax weald be 9I.M& An old aha fortune teller has to pay fififi a year far linen as to Ik and thereby fake 'eat. Oh, we are great an taxation ha this The report of > grind Jnry" con demning insanitary conrtitiana in o oomity Jifl, which The Lcerhbui Kzohnngo doesn’t locate, moron that paper te a timely diatribe against Urn raatom of earing for people serosa the ess and neglecting those in need at home. It la wail and proper to earn for foreign peoples, bet H is fnex cu sable in this age to compel thaw who am la prison to endnre an ca rl moment that riehaaea and —-rrt . haalth.—Charlotte Observer. The graded school building at Baps Milla waa destroyed by die of mla ttotobmd origin fnaday maniac. The hwddtag was tho first school bollt to Cwmberiand comity coder the spools! tax lam and was a «|0,#M brick strne tan. The tauaranee to ftjm. | ' I W NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION. On Saturday. Jons 3, me, at the ▼ariooa voting precincts of Scotland County there will ba bald tba first primary under tha new primary law for North Carolina as provided for by Chapter 101, Public Laws of Mil. At a moating of tba County Board of Elections bald aa tha twenty-eeeaad day of April, UK, far tba purpose •f holding the said primary election, tha following registrar* and poll, hsidsr* wars appointed: Upper WtUameea Tawaahlp. Registrar—J. D. McDonald. PoUhoidars—Monroe McLaughlin, Fairley Rachels. Lower WltBaamoa Township. Registrar—Willis Gibson. PoUholden—W. T. Seals. V. C. Ms aoa. Spring Hill Towaship. Registrar—.Wayne McNeill. Pol!Holders—C. A. Kealuw, D. 8. Alderman. Upper: Laurel HU Tawaahlp. Registrar—B. A. Monroe. Pollboldera—Warner Snead, Ray. mend Monroe. Lower Laarei HU Township. Registrar-!.. K McCall. Poll holders—N. T. Gibson, Joe A. McMillan. Rtewartavtlle Township. Registrar—Cadi Sanford. Pnllboidera—Joe Gurganos, N. Hammond. 8Uw artsvlfl* Tawaahlp No. X. Registrar—J. 8. Thompson. Pollboldera—J. B. Carrie, Prank Carmichael. The registration books, will be open ed for registration of rotarn on Thuredajr, April *7, 1*18, sod will does on Saturday. k» SO. ISIS. All notices at candidacy and pledges to abide the result by all candidates for any and all comity offices and for tho Rooa* of Representatives end State Senate' from Scotland Cotmty shall be filed with tha County Board of Elect lone on or before May 10, 1918, and deposit made with said Board of Elections at the time of fil ing such notices as follows, to-wit: For State Senator, House of Repre sentative* and all county offices, *x espt candidates for Surveyor, Ctoroner and County Commissioners, five dol lars! for Surveyor, Corondr end Coun ty Commissioners, on* dollar. No fees are required at eonstablm and township officers. Blank forms far see in filing notices are now la the hands at the under signed Chairman at the County Board of Elections and any candidate may secure • blank and file notice and stake deposit with the undersigned say time on or hsfsr* the twentieth day of May, 1918. E. H. GIBSON, Chairman. DR. PRINCE STRICKEN. Beleved Physician Beeeeeea Suddenly 111 Tuesday Morning. Scotland county was surprised and saddened Tuesday morning with the announcement that Dr. D. M. Prince, Laarinb urg** oldest and most dD tingulriied practicing physician had been suddenly stricken with Bissau. He sms stricken while at the home of Mr. K. & Rudd on Main street ■front 10 o'clock in tho morning. Dr*. John and Erwin were hurriedly called to him sad it sms found that he smi eoffering from a rather perplexing end uncertain trouble. Re was car ried to bis home on Church street and continues vary 01. A .second consultation of the phy sicians determined hi* trouble to be that of diabetic costa, and at this writing, Wednesday noon, his eondl. Hon is somewhat improved, but Is still vary alarming. The 1Usees of Dr. Prlace, who for aaeny, many years has born the friend s»d physician ef almost every family in Laurinbmrr nad the county as woil. Is t • fit* fry at HuMi’a florin*. Mr. Mm Watttwrty, Dr. Dra^ka Hun nr Hd Met of MtCofl wot* Om fomtm. V yon «U to know THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE Bir Harry M. Nortk. PUTTING YOUR RELIGION IN YOUR WORK. What a man ia and what ha thinks will shew Itself quickly in what ha doss. Unconsciously ha will batray tha i unarm oat Kent ad hia heart. Tha charactar la woven .lata tha work ha ia doing. So when you boy what one has made, you in a certain sense buy a part af tha man hiaaaalf. It la poa albla for ooo to tnasfor a ho from bis own soul mad work it ap Into cloth and wood and machinery and aall it to yon. Whan people work merely for tha wages in it, they era likely to forget about the matter of character, and tha result la that the were# part ad theca ec hr— ah pa out and go— into the transaction. Bo aaxieea are they to gain for —If that they loaa sight of the hlghar principles ad honor and integrity. So a person of this sort who ia arsrking by the day will idle away Ua time if yon do not watch him, and tha one who W working by tbo piece will oerimp or alight it. So the garment will bo Imperfectly made, the ho nee poorly built, the room only partially swept. How many time* you have base disappointed in the thing you bought. It was not ai represented, and you thought ot one* of the character* at those who made and sold it. Tha point or the veneer cam off, sad showed that tha article waa not solid as you supposed. The job of work about boose or garden or store waa not quite up ta the contract, and all because those who did h wars not up to the mark in honor. The ‘machine or implement broke at an important time and somebody was hart for the reason that good character was not put into the making of it. It Messed strong and should have been so, but was wash instead. On the other hand how good to find everything measure up to tha highest claim made for it. 'There was a c attain ham sis maker who triad to put tha bast imosihlo material and workmanship into the of tanas*. .Ha used good lqpthar and strong thread sad brads. One day Ke saw a horns running away drawing after him a buggy In which eat a wo man and child. A strong man caught the horse by the bridle, and although he struggled frantically 'to break loose, the rrini and bits held tight. The harness-maker west out and found his own name on the bridle, and considered that possibly his perfect workmanship had saved one or more lives. Vessels mads la ancient times have boon found recently in Ireland. They arc seen to ha mads aa wall on tha reverse and ou the inside aa oo tha outside. So people may lira on through tha ages through the things they do. I know a certain colored man who works at polishing shoes. This man has but one lag. and moat hop from one customer to another. He La a favorite among those who know him bammas of tha faithful service be renders. He will never let you taka a poor job out of the shop. It makes no difference bow many cuetoiawa ate waiting ha must finish tha shoe ha is on first. You may tall him that your train is waiting, but ha only smiles at you and keeps on rubbing until the shoe is bright enough to reflect an image. The trains are nothing to him, but perfect work is everything. Hew would It do for us to **<■»< every - thing era do as though it wars to be displayed aa a^modelT And better atm it would bao*o toil with the ex pectation that tha Has ter would re view it all at tha end of the day. Mm. Wfatherspoaa in Hoop I tel Mrs. W. H. Weathenpooo waa ear ned to the Ha ml* Hospital Saturday for aa operation at* trnelmmil At 11*0 o'clock Saturday morning she underwent a prolonged and earioua oporation and for several hours aftef warda was very til, bat are are glad to announce that the is now aaach im proved. She waa accompanied to the hos pital by Mr. Wcatherspoon. Mr. and Mra. L. 8. Deaton a pent Sunday with her and her mother, Mrs. X. X. Lee, was with her Monday. Xrlday 'afternoon about 4 e’eloab WOHo laman, a negro 14 years eld, was killed by ea onto trunk dttvmi by WHHe BuDard. a youag negro stan at Um negro school one mSo aeath of Lemlnton. 8emo oeya men playing ball pad the victim la sold to have nmtote the ear seidway, only the real RIVKSTON-WAGRAM DOTS. OM Msarae Bam, Bans*—Mach Buildtag at Wagram. 'Mia* Kalla Wataoa, who haa barn taachlng at Boiling Springs, sad bar brsthar. LaUad, who haa baa ■“—■» lag Hast school, have raturnad to I oppose forest Area are common cvaiywhaia jut now. At night tho rad glow on ho eooo in abaoat ovary direction The aid beam at the Monroe's ham ad down In a few mine tea tha other dap. Tha tenants on tha ptaaa war* too than aad I lorn alsaoat every thing la tha house waa aavad. One •f tha grsatoat misfortunes was tha daatioUaa of tho nagnilleaat grave of rad eak. Maicocn will aooa oen stmet a beautiful residence, bat H will taka aatata one hundred yean to aar rotmd tha hoiaastaad with etch a grave as waa last. Tha walls at tha now chunk an slowly riling. Mr. Lawrence Parrish will aeon ha in his new home. Tho brick are arriving every day aew for tho brick block that will soon bo eoa ctroetad a the lot adjoining tha Boatload Hardware lot. 1 uther McLean, s negro with m great growth of-hair oa one Up, Us whale (sec glistening with “honaet eweat", (excuse tha quotation—it is toeh aa old saying) was busily dig ging stamps in tha lot adjoining Mr. D. 8. Alderman's perfectly kept lawn thi* morning TUi la the preliminary act to the nice brick residence that Mr. W. 0. Buis will build right away. Thle will bt tha ascend built in oar grawiag little town at a coat of IHUXM. • Called Frew Anvil. "Rev. 3. A. Hornaday, of Dona, who haa been assisting bi a revival at .WartfDurtaw, claims hs was callsd ChttL»“MN< the ainjitty. That h/