North Carolina Newspapers

V01.UME XXXIV -NUMBER M. LAURINBURG, N. METHODISTS TO BUILD NEW CHURCH AT ONCE Sfeuetan to ba Oaa at tba Hubamtit la tba Coast? u* Will Coat Ay yraxluauly Thirty-time Ttoutnl Dalton—Loeatiaa aa Corner at Mato aa* Charch Streets. The Laurlnburg Methodist congre gation have swept aside all of the troublesome obstructions that have been delaying the erection of their now bouse of worship, and work will be Oder way on the building at an early date. Mr. J. M. McMlchaol, of Charlotte, a well known architect, has been re tained and U now hurrying plant for the new church to completion. It will fl»» J® ;woo pio »q taettts. The contract was let during the past week. Mayor W. D. Tucker, who ie also a successful contractor, being the fortunate bidder. 1>)e oust of the baOding will, according to expecta tions approximate (38,000. The location far the new building, the west corner of Main and Church streets, is an ideal one, and the one that hag for a long while been owned by a committee who purchased It for that purpose. When completed, the building will be the ftrw*«t church edifice in Boot land county or this section of the State. Contractor Tacker told the Ex change man that work on the build ing wroold begin at once. . Mis. Mery Helen (Ratliff) geilth. Th* subject of this obituary notice, Mrs. Mary Helen (Ratliff) Smith, wife of Mr. Sidney J. Smith, died at her home in Laurlnburg, N. C., April XI, 1*1#. She was born December 16th, 1881, making her at time of bar death, sixty-four years, four months and six days of ago. She was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Ratliff, of Cairo, Anson County, N. C., he era* a prominent citizen and successful planter. Mrs. Smith eras reared dur ing the civil war and reconstruction times, she was an unusually intelli gent lady, very domestic and no bet ter wife or mother ever lived. She professed religion and Joined the Methodist fchurrh Afty years ago, at time of her death she vrae a memb er of the Laurmtiurg, N. C-, Method ist church, and was funoraliied by Rev. Mr. Bumps*, bar pastor. The funeral vervicos were conducted In the Gibooo Methodist church, and inter moot in the Gibson old cemetery The very largo concourse of people who attended the funeral and burial fully attested tbs universal esteem in which she was held. Mrs. Smith was truly a good woman and was greatly beloved by all who know her. I fre quently visited hsr home and was im pressed with her tranquil smooth dis position, and enviable cheerful homo Ufa She was the same good true woman, at homo, at church, in society —evurywhera Th* floral tributes wars many and most beautiful, for her friends extended to tbs limits of hsr acquaintance. The funeral services were aolama, yet beautiful and most impressive, fur this good woman had simply fallen asleep and passed into the blissful realms to forever live with her Saviour and await th* com ing of husband and children left be hind. Con Smith, a daughter died at oiaa pear* ad age, and Willi* T. Smith, a eon died at Georgetown, Tasaa, on February Mad, 18M, aged M yuara. She leaves the following children all grown and living: J. Flower* Smith. Charlie K. Smith. Ira Smith, Walter a Smith, Prank a Smith, Boon (Smith) Clifton, Umir P. Smith. 8. C. Smith and Mary Smith. AU of the children, except Charlie were present st the funeral, and eight grown stalwart non* acted u pail baa rare. I could writ* a very long obituary noUca and after I had said *11 the eraaaendahla thing* possible, than I would set have eaid enough. Dear hfukaa hearted husband, I knew yen a** cad and lonely, but trust God a HtUa while longer, be faithful amid a faur more earthly can testa, and pea win meat your preelom loved eae in (he eomrta af glory. Door children follow (n the foot* ■tape *f year now Minted mother, •mm* pour mentful hmvwdy Father, “■P fa** Ghviet, and live ae pour 4aar pother Mved and y«a aU will Ml long ha re-united la an* happy ihoataa family forever at not i t. a • * JOTTINGS FROM JOHNS. Clotlng Exercises of School Highly Pie noing—Cants loops Crop Of. The school dosing txsrdsas bald Thursday night was a moat creditable entertainment, reflecting much credit upon both of the teachers, and upon the pupils. The dosing song by tha school was appropriate and very pa tristic. The teachers, Mis* Janet Weotherspoon and Miss Alma Adams return to their home Saturday. Miss Waatherspvon to Sanford and Mis* Adams to Fowr Oaks. We regret to know that Mr. N. W. Gibson is 111. He Is ander the ears of Dr. Harris of Msurton. BftM Bettis Adams, of Pour Oaks, spent the wask-and with her sister, Miss Alma; Miss Grace Parsons it spending a fsw days at the home of Mr. and Mia. Robert Stewart. Miss Pearl Jones, of the Kings Mountain High School faculty, is home for tha summer holidays. Have you had the mumps T They art with os. The showing for cantaloupes from reports, is very poor, with the ecre sgs doubled from last year, some have never planted because of the contin ued drought. Mr. Robert A. Monroe was s de lightful visitor to our town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Hasty were called to Lamar, S. C., Sunday oa sc-. count of tho illness of Mrs. GaUcn. mother of Mrs. Hasty. W* are glad to note that she was Improving Mon day whan they returned Miss Alios John spent Tuesday with relatives in Rockingham. The yonng people enjoyed m fleh fry at the Mordoc McRae mill Mon day afternoon. I.earinbarg Defeated. Fayetteville, N. C., May ]!.—Bat. liog consistently, running banes reek lcaly. and putting up a defense that wavered but once during the nine m-! nings, Fayetteville defeated the Lett-! rtnburg team, Heralded ai the strong- • est combination of amateurs in the State, by the score of 10 to 1 bar*' Friday afternoon. The locals made thdr 10 hit#' and 10 stolen has** count for the same number of run*. They secured two hits in each of flea in nlnga, this combination usually bring- { mg in two runs. In only one franee, did they fall to got men on the patfca this being in the fifth, when McNeill fanned the aide, which ha repeated in the airth with a man on third. Tfchi feat was alas twice performed by Ika Nietnyer, the Donaldson Military School'* 15-year-old wonder, pitching for the locals. Niemyar's work was the real feature of the game. He al lowed but two bite and fanned 10 men in air Innings, retiring with the game' well in hand. Melvin, who replaced( him, allowed no hits and fanned dr I batters. McNeill who replaced Car-! mirhari in Urn third, seemed to have ■ a deceptive slew ball and fanood elev en batten la the six innings in which; he officiated, though the locale con tinued to make runs with regularity. *wlng of Fayetteville scored 4 rune, S hits and I stolen baaee. Leurinburg.. 000 000 010— 1 2 g Fayetteville. -ISO 200 2S*—10 10 t Carmichael, McNeill and Odom, Covington, Rverett; Nieoayer, Melvin and Person. Umpire, McNeill. -- I J. C. ROBBINS DEAD. Farmer Laartaburg Otises Dios la »«»bsai—Bariad Saturday. Tha news of tha death of Mr. Jamas C. Rebbfna, which oeearreri la Durham Friday, waa nterfred boro Friday af tamoon by Mrs. V. (X McCormick, a datar-in-law of die dreaasrd. Mr. Robbias was well known in Lauriaborg, haring spent hla youth hare. At ode time be waa one of Laa rtn berg's auraaaafnl btialnaaa bmd ha *•»*** »“***"»«* x**™** While 1 bring hma ha wM married to a daughter of the late Cayt. Jummm Raglrnu, wba with few children, w rlra him. Tha tenmral aad hurial waa hold in Durham Suturday morning. M*. RahMaa waa a man of math tominass abtHty, waa a most aeagau tol aad NhaMa ami mad had i^my frtonda In Lauriaburg who am aad dmmd bacauaa M his paints* I THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE t i 1 — ■ ■ . » By Bury M. North. MAKING A SACRIFICE TO GIVI. uavid wished to make an offering to the Lord. A certain man proposed to giro Kim all he needed for the of fering without coot, hut David re fused to take it ia that way saying that ha would not offer unto the Lord that which coat him nothing. Be we aa Christian people should make ooat ly aaeriflcei to ghmi to the cases of God. Jsaua said that Instead of eur selling and investing again for ns to •ell and give alma. He wants os te invest the capital for him aa wall aa juat the interest. We era te give te the poor, thereby lending ta him. We •hould give until we miss it and fad H. We are not to give the refuse, but the beat. Not merely the surplus er the amount left ever but aomethlag out of the main pile. Polka are in clined to spend lavishly until it cornea to the cause of God and then they begin to cosmt every penny, and complain and hold beck as long as possible. The gift which our Lord gave us was a costly one. Ha did not offer ua the small and the mean, but gave the beet he had ia the see rifle* of hta Bon. Ilia was called a precious and an unspeakable gift. People hold back from giving on account of a lack of faith in God. We must believe in bis promise* if we am to risk much in his hand. They am afraid that they will lose or suffer before getting mom for their own necessities. They say, “We cannot afford to do this." Yet people do af ford to loss very heavily nwrttimsa Take what yos lost in bed aaaaona Those who lost would have bean c mated had you asked them to con tribute that amount to carry on spirit ual work. "We cannot afford tt"i would have bean the cry. Yet they did afford to lose It "Hard times" is ua nelly the yea when folks do not want ta glv*. A few yeera ago when His as wars good {he people wars sosssab mss* li'bdray than they are new. They wsm'‘car ried away by their prosperity and for got their obligations to God. And now they complain bitterly when i*a mlndcd of what they owe him. Ws will make costly gift to tbs Lord if we lore him. A certain wo-' man loved him so much that she in-' vested in a box of costly ointment for hi* sake. This was n grateful love at having been forgiven. There was no commandment for her to do this, but ihe did it because she wanted to. So few were putting themselves oat to give to him in those days. Hs hsalsd many but they want their ways without thinking of returning to thank him for his Vindnssa. How fine the act of this woman must have seemed to him; this woman who gave because die loved much. There was still another who mods a costly gift She was a poor widow who put Into the treasury all she had, not because It was a commandment but on account, of lore for the Loud. She would say, "Well, we will get along somehow, and I fust feel like I waat to do Ibis much, and I wish that it might be a great deal more.’* You have not given the widow’s mite until the last dollar goes. Be Qod wants us to know the joy of giving and to bring our offsr ings with cheerfulness, learning that it it mors blessed to give than to re ceive. if m really love the kingdom of the Lord Jesus ere will find a way to present an offering unto Mm. BIO OIL STATION. Oalf Refining Oa. to Iswtall Largost Station Between Charlotte 'sad Wilmington Hon. The GuM Refining Company art having materials placed cm a lot naar tit* I-anrinborg A Southern depot far the erection of buildings and equip ment for ihe insinuation of the larg est oil distributing station betwosn Chartotts and Wilmington. Mr. r. C. McCormick has talma charge of tba business for ths Gulf people hern and will have active con trol ef the aalo of the Gulf Reftaiag products in tide territory. Among tbi tfinlpimti nnonmniy to handle thn tocmntliin bore, there will be two 1MM gullou tasks, gore gee, stabtea, ofteec, ate. Laurinhurg wMeaw'ia this additioa al enterprise to its growing Mat OM Ukm Rc-Twtotod "Waa Natru as Week as ha is paint ed?" “9m. Didst ha add Insalt to In jury by tortwring tba tomans with Ms rptten rtolte playing, after setting tbabr beautifal eHy an Brel* 1 I •••••••• * CUCUMBER* GROWING. • * Within the put fnr days it has * * doreiopod that *ome af those • * who thought they wore growing • * cantaloup#* axclusirely in ear* * * tain Raida And that they art * * aba, and snaxpoctadly, grew- • ' lag cucumber*. • * dart to what ax taut this coo- * * dition b true cannot now bo do- * * tarmined, bat according to good ■ * authority, in wan caaaa, ca- • * raaibiri an growing whora it • * won planted. Thi* b cauead • * by TiVtr ud • * a**d baring boon mined. in that • * they an bought la pound pack- • * agaa which wan supposed to * * eoatain cantaloupe oeed and had * * been Rllad with encumber toad • * The cucumber* teem to be do- * * tag M Ana *■ could be wished * •lor, * MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAK. r 8»ead's Grove, May 16. 10K. Tha commencement exercises of the toad's Grove school wan bald Thurs day aad Friday of last week. Great crowds were present at all the exer n Thursday night at least people were tamed away -> of the limited seating ea pdHly of the sort tori urn Friday was an all day picalc, with tha regular commencement exercises in tha morning. Mr. Alex Gibson wJo tha McNeill debater's medal, ■to toy Norton won tha spelling I *»!■ Mr. Fred Carry j’won the toblkretep Medal. This n-«-Wi Is tdvuo annually by Prof. W. B. Cov ington, who is superintendent of the ■sat Durham schools. Mr. Horace K. Btaey, of Dumber - too. made the eomraenoement address, aad delighted hi* large aodieoes. Mr. Stacy is a forceful, logical aad tal ented orator, and made a wonderful “Pression on this community. Friday afternoon Snead's Grove triumphed over Spring Hill in base haS by the score of 10-2. The game was rather uninteresting because of the one sided score. Tha chief fea ture of the gam* was Bowen's home ran- light gams* have bean played this spring by the' local team, and all ways area except the on* against Lao riaburg. Among those dafreted wore: Mason's Cross, Laurel Hill, Gimon, Hoffman aad Spring Hill; or ovary team in the county except Laurie burg •nd that game was lest by the score of 7-C From many standpoints the chief feature of tha exorcises was the pro •station, by tha High School depart moot, of a rural drama te four acta strutted. “The Old Oaken Backet." Fhe house eras again filled to Ha ca pacity, aad tha play was presented to ana of tha most approctetiv* sad!sooas that ever witnessed a play here. It whs a splendid play, and the audtenea did not fall to show Its appreciation. dost before tha concert eras over on Thursday night, the teachers were salted on tha stage by tha High School temdante aad ware presented with has dec mi gifts In appreciation of their services to the school aad eem m unity. Two hundred and seventy-five dol lar* have bean raised this year by the teachers aad the young people of tha qommanity for the benefit of the ached building. The building hoc beam equipped anew. Ten per cant of the students have been neither absent nor tardy during tha year. Fifty per cent of the High School students have baaa neither abeeat nor tardy during the year. Tha eehod baa had one of the best yuan te Ite hist ore ' ■ — . Or. Oral) Herr. Dr. UrnIr O. Brail, aeietant mrdkal director otf the Southern Lite uf Trent Cotapeny, of Gremoboro, if«M Omtoy at the tOoe of Dr. !¥«i m aoaeahJnc with and offering hwdffl —gfmtiona to (he potlapfcald !«** Of An OwtMhwr Oonyoqr. The | ffdathern Life and Treat Ooapaay, ft ANOTHER LIQUOR FACTORY CAPTURED IN SCOTLAND Fifty GaBaa Still With AU -rTrnmf far M.»nf Jay Mat 1m|M m» CaptaraS Had Bara Data* IBiWa* BnHaaai Opaiaf a Mat Oa PBE8IDBNT COMING. • —— WiH Ba ia Charlotte Saterday to Help Cclahratc. Washington, May 16—Preaidant WOeon today decided to ga to Char •otto. N. C. May 80. ta attend a cel*, hratton aa the Mecklenburg Dorians Uon of Independence. Unite public business foreaa him to change hi* plane be will leave Washington May 19 far Charlotte. Ml* stay thara will bo briaf. Featured by an addrsas by Praai dant Wilson, tha programme for this year's eoiabratioa of the Twentieth of May in Charlotte, providea events that will maka It tha gras teat in tha his tory of North Carolina. Beginning Thursday morning and through Saturday night thara will ba many things of internet to Aa tboua ande of visitor* expected. Saturday's programme, which is the boat affofod, follow*: 8:00 a. m—Formation of parade— Soeth Trjroo end adjoining atrneta. 10:00 a. cl—Lakewood opena—Na ture’s park, well stocked mo of wild animals, boating, dancing and nomrr ous other attractions. 10:00 a. m.—Parade. 10:00 a. m.—President Woodrow Wilaoa and party arrive* at Southern station. Firing of President's salats ot ft guns. 10:30 a. m.—President welcomed by Mayor T. L Kirkpatrick aad central committee, deception to PnaUent Wilaoa and party by Governors sf North Carolina. Sostb Carolina and Virginia and staff* at reviewing stand.! 11:00 ■ . m.—Reviewing of troops and industrial parade by President Wflaon, Governor Craig, Govsrnsrs Manning and Stnwart and Mayeg Kirkpatrick and representstivs citl sana. 12:30 P- m.—Address by President' Woodrow Wilson from grand stand. 2:00 p. m. -Luncheon to President | Wilson and distinguished gumu at Manufacturers’ Club. 3:00 p. ol—Sham battle, Dilworth Myert Park. v TRAP 'EM. FMos A beat Town In Grant Numbers Shaald he Dsotieyad. A town la known by Gw ffieo it keep#—and if this ia true, right new Laarixburg baa no (Maims to favorit PUee are a menace to health every, when, consequently, th» greater auat bar of those ffMhy pest* we hare the rreater U oar danger of typhili, to horeuioak and many, many other of the terrible diseases in the »-e-b<g Last year there waa a concentra tion of effort on the part of oar rfti rnrns, eapeciaUy the bueinere moo, to get rid of the Mas, aad the remit waa that we had for lean of them >>«■■ vre now hare. The same effort that we put forth laot year, will dastroy aO liona of them and perhaps save many lives this year. It will at hast de crease oar NahtHty to Ml victims to aome of the deadly diseases. Mr. Boris ns Man, you rsaismbai tha large traps used last pear, aad with what bemdrial results—if pm want to do pour town a favor aad ou» pour old traps, aad i/rtmtareno old ones, have a saw ana made, and am k. If orerp basinsas hows* !■ Lauria burg will do this, it wfll bo “good-bys” to millions of there pesky HU Is great distributers. Mt~ Baaebam IB. Tha ctmc nan bar of Loartaban •od Scotland frfenda of Mm Myrtta Beacham wlU Uani with atacara ra pat of bar aaat aartoua IHnaaa. Tha eha^rTrf^lwi'1 dwTUltBaaSa haaaSetal aa wh hayad far, and to add to tha aarliuaana of bar oawU ttoo. It wh tmmt-j to yar fdm a ihnaHH opntioe muUy, At thU wrttM« bar aandhloH la vary, ▼ary aartoua. ■ ' 'yJU uSHMSMi >» Y, To Uh riltaatiaa of onmoali Uqwc ■tflU that tha adan hue* bean cat lacliac, waa addad tha forth aaad ■wa of ita kted Friday hat. aoUarmT^tevethor Attbimitk* *"** and cheap, it waa karris* tha par paaa it waa tateadad far. aa tha *dU ear* who aatd* tha capture taaridad that there waa aa iTiBifaal proof ahoat the atill U baar aat the belief that the factory had baaa turning aat larva quantities af tha fiaiahad prod U waa located hy tori Policeman 8- H. Dunlap, who headquarter* et Wacnum. Ita liratlia waa hi a «"kfih, secluded apat aa Watary BnaA aaar Turnpike Bridge a boot tlx miles wecthaaet of Vqna <md jaat Mb aid* of the IMm county’ lien. Mr. Dunlap, - Prank and Ltaar__ •Warn. R. R. Cooley, of W wwat oat foe tha gam* Friday_ ln«. and about 10:00 o’clock made tha ■rid. As is the usual <***, mabady waa homo and tha ndlrrr* got tha atill bat non* of the dMBan. Preparation* for tha remeval of tha outfit to another location ware imdar way, la fact, ovorything bdt the Kill had boon moved, era to tha cap and wnvm. About 300 yards down the vreak the bo lane* of the outfit was fo«»d. it was complete both far mridn* end scUiug. They bed all tha bottle*, buckets, etc. *"*"* *“’“'**' Everything wae dmtroyad except the atill, which has boat added to tha ftowinv canactiea at tha aeon home hero, • ___ COMMENCmm EUDtCSSBS. Tbm Lanriabwg gradod achoola wfl! doaa Mar *Oth. aad the nwiiini «w*daaa win be held Kay Z*-*0. following iimtatloae hav* bow' Tho Faeutl, aad Senior Claaa at fae* Laartabuig High School ifaMat the bower of row proeoca at the May the twwtr-aUt/tTthirtfath, , taadabwig, M. C ta/aafTalj ^rTi8*A* *** P M- **' c^jg| Mhar^Wth.^ lligg A. M., Mth, 8:30 p. M, TmmUj, Maj MUl a. M.. Contcat far Spaa kora* P- A** Graduating Eaarciaaa. Addraa. b, Dr. J. A Moffatt. Dm Waat, 8. C. Awarding of Prim and Mpluam. Lawrence Gibaon Calhonn, ’ Kati« Calhoun, Kill. Maa Birmingham, Gua do Zonae, .Tlimii Zoom, Man P. LMdi. Archibald Doagla. McaZ. Motto: Swwper Alliu* Flcrwar: Maraehal Nial Sm. Colon- aw-fc aad Gold. ^r0*» Hoke CMtjr J«m«L Wo mw too or twelve acre* of eon **“ Leurtnboty the other day that win aaeia«e tea incite* h>th. Wa hoard a (ante farmer eay la»* trips hn had now *a*n a more dfs eo«ra*lii# procpect far aU amps thun arw confront* the farmer*; WMber 1011 alerted off badly. * f ^ 3" <***»•. • fwnar cftieM, to • candidate for the LaffWitara fa, ScotUnd cavity Uu. year, «ad fat, maada fully Men ha wfU ha fleet ed. Me Oorria la aaa ad the boat P ■as, and wa aP aU hie fttaada hare wilptUatfMtwaaa Mr- T. 1, Pydtv*fc ha* complete* • ■ «H hi. own and hi* “ Wa power phmt hr hae tap 57 pri5ta map that ia a perfect BMW daky.