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LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA
TAR HEEL TOPICS.
Happenings Throughout North Caro
lina Told in Brief.
The investigation of the manage
ment of the Central Hospital for the
Insane terminated Thursday with an
admission by counsel for the prosecu
tion of the charges against Supt. Al
bert Anderson and the management
of the institution, that they have
failed to make out a case.
Our Fatherless Ones Says: Dairy
man Foster tells us that he is making
about 50 pounds of butter at a churn
ing, and gives the children butter
twice a day and milk three times a
dav. He is making the cows and
boys "deliver the goods." We say
boys because as much depends upon
the boys as the cows.
Perhaps the first woman in North
Carolina to colunteer for service as a
nurse in Mexico is Mrs. A. B. Breece
of Fayetteville, a bride of six weeks,
whose husband is a member of Com
pany F, Second regiment, North Caro
lina National Guard. Mrs. Breece is
a professional nurse. Mr. Breece is
a candidate for the Legislature in
Cumberland, in a second Democratic
primary to be held July 1, but he an
nounces that wherever his company
goes he will go.
At the meeting of the North Caro
lina Bankers' Association in Ashe
ville W. S. Blakeny of Monroe was
elected president; W. B. Drake of
Raleigh, 1st vice president; W. A.
Hunt of Henderson was re-elected
secretary-treasurer.
En route from Mount Holly to
their home in Lenoir, the automobile
of Dr. Lawrence Coffey turned com
pletely over just outside Hickory and
pinned his 4-year-old son underneath
the machine. The child was serious
ly injured and others in the machine
slightly injured.
Sergeant W. L. Elliott of the Con
cord military company was to have
been married Wednesday of last
week. When the call came for troops
the wedding day was moved up and
the marriage took place Monday even
ing. The first North Carolinian to sacri-
fice his life during the present crisis
in Mexico was an Asheville negro,
Charlie Williams, member of troop
A, of the 10th cavalry, May 24, in a
skirmish with Mexican bandits who
was killed according to information
received at Asheville Thursday. Wil
liams was a son of Marshall Williams,
a well known and respected negro of
Asheville and joined the army in
1914. A telegram was received by
the father of the dead trooper from
his commanding officer, Capt. G. P.
Pritchard, a relative of Judge J. C.
Pritchard, of Asheville. The body
will be carried to Asheville and given
a military funeral.
Representative Doughton is trying
to help out some Alexander county
farmers whose crops were destroyed
early this month. He is procuring
seed, and will have sent to the dam
aged community a farm demonstrator
About 25 farmers near Taylorsville
lost all of their growing crops.
Cabarrus county closed its anti-typhoid
campaign Saturday of last week
with near 5,600 having taken the pre
ventive treatment. It is estimated
that this number is about 16 per cent
of the county's population and that
the average per capita cost of the
treatment was 7 1-2 cents. Dr. A. C.
Bulla, the physician in charge of the
work, says he is well pleased with the
results of the campaign and the splen
did co-operation he received while in
the county. '
F. A. Macon, Jr., of Henderson, is
the only Tar Heel in the class of 1917
at West Point.
Fourth of July
Excursion Fares
The Atlantic Coast Line
announces reduced excur
sion fares from all stations
on its line to nearly all des
tinations within a radius of
approximately 350 miles
trom starting point. Tickets
will be sold for use on the
going trip on all trains of
July 2, 3 and 4, limited re
turning to reach original
starting point by or before
midnight of July 8, 1916.
For fares, schedules, tick
ets and any desired infor
mation, call on Ticket
Agents of the
Atlantic Coast Line
The Standard Railroad of
the South
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Seasonable cut flowers, Palms, Ferns.
Floral arrangemens for any occasion.
Prompt attention to out-of-town orders.
SCHOLTZ, The Florist, Inc.
Phone 441-442.
8 N. Tryon St.
Charlotte, N. C.
BLUE'S DRUG STORE, Agents
METAL SHINGLES
have solved omzzvaf
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prooiem.
We are tnroufth with
leaks sit J repairs and
our house Js improved
in appearance.
STORMPROOF ROOF
For Sale by
J. F. McNAIR, Laurinburg, N. C.
Mr. Leonard Stone, about 65 years
old, was fatally injured at Mr. R. R.
Barnes' sawmill at Barnesville Tues
day morning of last week about 11
o'clock when a large flywheel flew to
pieces as a result of an engine run
ning away when the governor-belt
broke. A piece of the wheel struck
Mr. Stone on the right side of his
head, crushing his skull. Death re
sulted about 8 o'clock that night.
Pieces of the flywheel were scattered
with terrific force, some going
through the roof.
Elizabeth City has a new daily
newspaper, "The Daily Advance." It
entered the field a month ago, the
smallest newspaper in the State, but
has grown steadily in size.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained m a certain deed of trust
executed by G. H. Russell, on the 9th
?r?y f 5-1915, and registered
in the office of the Register 0f Deeds
of Scotland County, in book J at pages
394, etc., the undersigned trustee
named in said deed will, on the first
day of July, 1916, at 11 o'clock A. M.
at the court-house door in Scotland
County, offer for sale at public auc
tion for cash, to the highest bidder,
the Reversionary Interest in the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
All that lot of land situated in the
town of Laurinburg on the corner of
Main and Dickson Streets in said town
on the east side of Main Street and on
the south side of said Dickson Street
commencing at the northwestern in
tersection of Main and Dickson
Streets, and running thence in an
easterly direction along the southern
line of Dickson Street to a big ditch;
thence up said ditch in a southern di
rection to the mouth of a small ditch;
thence up the various courses of said
small ditch to its head and beyond to
the eastern line of Main Street;
thence along the eastern line of Main
Street in a northerly direction to the
beginning, this being the same lot of
land which was set apart to G. H.
Russell, as his homestead and will be
sold subject to said home-stead rights.
F. C. McCORMICK,
Trustee.
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New shirts; ties, hosiery, that you'll find very smart
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GENERAL CONTRACTORS
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