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i-sr i mt VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 20 WHY SCOTLAND IS A GOOD COUNTY Leads the State in Many Points and Measures Up Well on Every Count as Progressive County !—m u mi —irwnm. mi. <* mr-d co to rod, b the county, and <fa per acre production ranks with Uw •• lending mentis* of the world. (Ebs ' tshb of Samos on cotton production elsewhere in this paper.) Scotland bad* alTNorth CaroMno fat the production of canta tnd watermelons, shipping an ft out 500 to too ear loads of and S00 to 400 ear* ol wataraMtcaa. In the northern oi sandhill section of the county a east transformation ia taking place. Thou sands if acres of land, heretofore ol little value, arc being converted iota peach orchard!, and such crops ai tobacco, dewberries, ate., are praying most profitable. Many new home makers are soaring there, and the ' population ia cosmopolitan in tope. From California, Oregon, and Mon tana in the far went, and tram all secttsfcM of the nation now aottbra are souring fat large numbers and Is lids that a few years ago could ha bought for almost nothing are worth today from 1100 to 1000 the There arc many untouched false there yet. Seotland thousands or'acres of An* . and many orchards hare. Peaches are shipped every season ia largo quantities. Another crop of much value is pecans, which grow in ii bund ones bars. 3 U «r PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMENCEMENT MAY 21 JUNE 3 Jahs Jordan Douglas Will Presell , tbs Sanson. Julian S. Wilier Gives lbs Addrsaa The program of the coromcseement i exercises of the Laurie burg public I school* has been completed, and is an lounctd this week by Mr. 8. W. Babb, be superintendent. Rev. John Jor lan Douglas of Wadesboro will ironrh the annual sermon before the rrmduating class at the Methodist hureh on (femday, Jane 1, it 11 s m. 'uesday, Jane 8, at 8 JO p. m., Julian I. Miller, editor of the Cbariette dews, will make the literary address it tbs high school auditorium. The program for the dosing exer cises of all the departments and schooli la given below: Wednesday, May 21, 3 JO to 6 p. a., domestic science exhibit at the high pchool buildin*. St, 8:88 p. m.. at the Central school auditorium, entertain msnt by the pupils of the first, sec sad, third and fourth grades. Wednesday, May 88, 8:80 to i «. m. Central school auditorium, exhibit* of the primary department. Wednesday, May 28, 7 JO p. a, en tertainment at East Laurinburg school. Friday, May SO, 840 p. m., high school bonding declamation and rad iation contests, and an operetta by the grammar grades. Sunday, Jane 1, 11 a. m., at the Metho<liit church, beccalaareate aer* mo*>. Rev. John Jordan Douglas, of Warisaboro. Monday, June t, 840 p. m., high school auditorium, ami or daaa exer cise*. Tuesday, June 3, 8:3A p. m„ high •ehool auditorium, graduating iur daaa. Addrrs* by JuRah 8. Miller, editor of the Charlotte Vow*, Char lotte, N. C. mfL TAYLOR MAKES GOOD 8PKBCH FOR CO-. OPERATIVE MARKETING Saye Farmers Meet Market Thalr Crepe at a Pro* If They Would *»l*y Nctcasdtiee of life Dr. Carl C. Taylor of the North Carolina State College delivered a moat Inaplrfng and helpfnl address here at the court house on Thursday afternoon of last weak. Dr. Taylor talked on the subject of cooperative marketing, a subject which is of vital Interest to every ootton producer of tho south, aad ho handled the subject In a manner that did justice to Ms reputation as a public speaker, aad In M.'Xh^hSr * The ipeaer began his address by •tatlng that he came down from Raleigh as a representative of all the farmers of North Carolina, his salary Wag paid by a state institution for the purpose of helping to promote tee Interests of the farmer* of the state. Year Mate college of agriculture has three functions, a# you well know: 1. To teach your hoys how to farm; t. To conduct experimental stations to And out what ate the beat thing* for the farmer* of tho state to do. aad not to do, aad 8. To help the farm *1* of tho state to accomplish the things found as result of these ex , penmenve VO oe Tor UMr Met internet. Ihylpr, "I am connected at tha State College with the fir* of ta* aa a wait of ray twelve P" °f «tady «rf ooenemie condition. In the otate 1 M that lam ic a por tion to earve the fewer, ta the Opa city of cooperating marketing, and a problem which I better* to be the gwteet problem confronting the Booth today” The troable with fanatn today hi not eo nmeh the teat that they do not knew hear to peedaea, hoi rather tea fact that toy da via* know how to prodoee with a pro St and ta market a*,a proSt. Parteteg ia ne longer an BnenpytemWt it tea tomtoetoaDd to enter,to tan preStobli bnrfaem’we to' __ price, for the yriiterti they lew Korth OnolinA will tm fb from tnyftr Um Mb of-- * 2^uyiTuSsriSHffl rv « to *» tf m mt ^JtaraSig i« not making two btedaa SjCja.’S.-ssras ATwakor In kmiUif. # / • CLYDE R. HOEY TORE SPEAKER GIBSON FINALS Bar. B. P. Bum pea af BoMgk WUJ PitK* Samoa Ini day at 11 a* Clack Tha commencement nserrtwn of the ftfhaon high achool will begin on Thursday evening of thin wank with a rodtal by the pupil* af tha depart ment of mode- Ree. R. F. Bworu, of Raleigh, formerly pastor of tha Methodist church of Laurinburg, wul preach tha baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning at 11 c’doek. This service will be hsld In the Mgh —»«~d auditorium and tha pobUe U invited to attend. The commencement address wiB be given by Hoc. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby. Mr. Hoey will apeak Wednes day. May >1. at 11 o'clock la the morning. He it recognised aa am af the greatest orators of tho state and is h> grant demand for-1 raent addresser. On tMa particular day, May II, he eras ashed to main exactly one doaan apaachaa at school comm»>otninti, jlaH the Gibson /olkj «OB|iiti)ttiiif themif^w that Mr. Haoy daeided to coma to (Jlbaon. Up at Shelby Clyde Hoey is tiu merwtourly popular with his home peo ple. Recognised as «ne of the ablest lawyers in the state, be commands the respect and cenfldener of everybody in his home town sad county. People i have faith In Clyde Hoey and when i Ms name Is nientioned for public office they whoop it ap, as they did in In ths memorable campaign whan he defeated a Charlotte man for cotters** m the tenth district a nrw years ago ia one of tbo moot nportoi iiloi cso te*U in the political history of tbo stats. Bat . Mr. Hoey soon tired of ;pnbMc Ufs In Washington, declared ha would not be in the way of any man iwbo wantod tbo ptaaa whan his tana expired and he went back to Shelby to Bra among his awn people, where yearn before aa a pear bay be had worked bis way through a print shop into the hearts of Us towns- and oooaty-paople, and than into the law and a repetition that is more than »«ate-wl<i«. Dp there the folks asealiy think anything that Clyde Hoay spon sors la right, becaoee Hoay ia always on the right side of every big ques tion. A tew year* ago be led the movement for the catsbtlaliment of a public hospital in hie home town and it went over He. Ha ia a member of ■ the- Methodist church and an Sunday I teaches one of tba largest men's i classes in the atate. A feyr yards ;eWay Max Gardner teaches another class in the Baptist ebarch, and these !two classes count their numbers by i the Hundreds, showing what big-men jean do in a small team. Those who go to Gibson next Wednesday to hear Clyde Hoey will get something worth taking borne with them, and a few thrills that will make life look better to them. Other numbers of the Gibson Com mencement wlir be a program an Fri day cveaiag. May 1*. by tbs primary and grammar gradaa. Monday at 8 p. m. will be the annual senior con text. Ta sadly at 8 p. m. will oome the clans exercises, and the ftnal exer cises will be held Wednesday evening when an operetta, “Snow White," win I jrrVgyj Mr. C. Grigg is principal of the Gibson aehool and ia assisted by a corps- of about 18 leathers. t ^ LAUREL HILL HIGH SCHOOL HAS MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAR • Leek* Forward to Greater Pi ogress With New BnUdiag Next Tear,' Hoaor Bell The Laurel HOI Ugh school baa teat closed a moet eoeeoaaful year. The eneaking eontaat waa not only of a high order, bat waa an tanplxation to .the large audlenoe, which by their pidena showed their lm far tha school and their cooperation with the JNO. F. M'NAIR BUYS S12SB00 COUNTY BONDS M* 61X6,1X6 far the Whefa at Set* ef F1*e Per Cant 111 ir sat. 16.Other Bidden Jno. F. McNair, Inc., w«e the n* ctaaful bidder far the *1X6400 high way bonds which the county eom mlsaioneru sold Monday, May It. The bid was *1*6416 and the rata ef fas ten* la I par cent par an nan. Thera wen <6 other bidders, and the west beat bids was the bid of W. U Slay ton 4 On., and was 1116400 with la-1 tenet at 6 per seat. The bonds stn sold to pay the county's pert ef the eoet of the ooa strwetion ef the held surface high way which will aeon be completed to the Richmond county line, and which will extend entirely serous the eownty, a distance ef 174 mi tea and la being built as a state project, the state bearing neat ef the expense. The pobSc dm of Scotland county Is now 61*6400, then being out standing rtfll 610400 ef the court hoQFC sjkl 4ail bondi. The bids for the *125,006 bead in sur sold Monday wet* as tofiewn: A. 4 t. BeB Company, *125,8*8. Interest 6 1-4 per cent. Spitser, Bosch 4 Oo., 61X64X6. fa> tereat 6 1-4 per cent. Daniel Robison 4 Co.. *1X0476, In terest 6 1-4 per cant. flseaopgccd 4 Meyer, *1X6466, In terest 6 1-4 pe reant ' 8. M. Grant 4 Oe.. 61X641X44 ro te rest 6 1-4 pe reant Blanche*, Thombugh 4Vanderaell. 61X64*74*, interest 6 1-4 per eent. Kalman, Gates 4 Co., 11274X6, la timt 6 l-« par cant. C W. Me Near A Co, 81X401.88, I Interest 6 1-4 per cant. | Kauffman, Smith A Co, tl>AU2, intern* S 1-4 par sent. Gao. H. Burr A Co, *1X7,***, in ternet 6 1-4 par cent. Pint National Bank of Laaria bwrg, <1X400, Intenxt 1-4 par coot. Hatvchutt Bead Co, $18848848. in tonot B 1-4 par awt Braun. Boeworth A Co, $187479. Intern* 1 1-4 par acut Caldwell A Co, $1874 It. iatanst 5 1-* per eaot. ' Strnheoaon,' Parry, ftaeay Co, telaraat at B 1-4 par eaot. j H. W. Byflaby Ca, Buttxy, Pock A Ri«kwnp4. $19*46*, internet.* 1-4 par W«J Roti A IrviRg. *1X8476. la i’mKaswfis.* t™.-& tix«.r7B,'ln%wat >t-4.par MX*. Detroit fcempahy. *1X7,506, (otanat B 1-4 paf eaat. . PnukWn A Ca, *1X740-7*. la te reet 6 1-4 par oant. * (Scotland County Baring* Bank. $187.41$. inU reft 5 1-4 par mtt Bird, BIMott A Bnrriaon, (1X8,145, interest 5 1-8 par aant. Gao. H. Burr A Co, XX.I1SA0, in to nr *t B par eaot W. L. Slayton A Co-, *1X6400. in tifiit 5 ptT ftnit * Jao. r McNair, lac, S12S4X6, la tarart 6 par eaat. DH-W.l HILL MAKES ' MEMORIAL DAT SPEECH Bauatlfal Exsrdaea at lfathadtat Our* Saturday Morula g, far CauCedarxta Hernia Honoring (bo heroes ad the South ern .Confederacy, non and women, both the Maine and the dead, the peo ple of LanWburc end Sootfind county, under the leadership of tho Scotland Chapter of the Uni tod Daughter* of the Confederacy, gath ered at the Methodhd church in Lau ncher* Saturday morning. May 10, at II o'clock and were thrilled with a ; program that lotted for an hour. Dr. W. B. Hni. of tho Pint Pno C. F. EVERETT GETS CONTRACT MODEL HOME Expert*^'WaH^UgUrt Nasi Wash Uto la Jely'''*" ****** Contract far tha baildtog of Ua ^°burr'» modal homo has been 1st to C. F. Witt, local contractor and buUUor, and work on tba building ie expected to start some tine next H. O, Covington and Lonnie Hammond, owners tf the new Nbarben section known ae Gian Eden, will build the modal hema for mm in the bettor hemoo campaign hem and whan eempletad willcnd It to tha batter home* committee for a weak a» two weak*' demonstration, when the bouse will be thrown open to tlm public and experts an decorations, famishing*, ate., will be on hand to furnish information and offer mg. garni ana to piemeative home Indlilors amd home owm^Twho want fetea? tlfy their hemes and main thorn meat •dsntha for a raaaonaUa axpandi* tore of meaty. Mian Marian Swain, the tmma dam •nitration agent, perhaps is doe SL"Si52S to the plan tor asaw time, and a few mraaka age aka eeOad a meeting at the comrt hoase of a few pa mows who were firtaw the aim their miiaim went, and from thie meeting came Gw aftog from Mosers Covington and Hammond U Mid tb hoaaa and ic«a it for M ia tb —-^TnTn. rtraScT to the -« bama d^ Committees will be ——hi aeon tor certain phases of tba work wtbcfc wiR have to be dene to faralGiing tba iS?* hrmaat7^9 Gw rroaade, the to torior dmamtian, ate, and tor mak ing arrangements far the '-nTftii tion weak pmgram which wiR he held as soon as Gw beam is completed. JUNIOR ORDER PHE 8RNT8 BIBLE AND FLAG TO HIGH SCHOOL The formal uwim aad pcesenta b«a of a BfU. aad a UaKad States saagggswgl •uditcrioja on Friday ^ ***" &riT MandTL.._ amlmsfto . «#J_ L Jrm. MMkd la shady Ma tha Masonic Ball down Mate aad Chudi streets and to the school buUdttg. The largo flag, with the colon, ted. white aad blue, mas home by «ix aiatm of the ledge. Tha formal nerd see at the high school on ifli rule si won moot hani atve and lediMlw. Mr. J. X Fhspor man spoha far the Junior Order, aad for which H steads. TwJto Order — mod American, to tha great of liberty aad the father* gave their Ufa's blood In eariter years of the lepabUc. Rar. W. It BoyaB, h> behalf of the Junior Order, mean*id tha BM* to Itbo school, sad Bar. S. L MaB ac cepted IT tor On school. They both •poke briefly and Interestingly. lieutenant Bryant af Fart Bragg, mad* the speech of presentation of the Flag and emphasized tha patriotic principle, which it Inspires sad to *tUlt in the hearts of the yeirth ef tha country. Mr. K. B. Gibson accepted the flag in behalf af the school nod expressed the appreciation of tha eoMunwilty for the flne seaUinoat which prompted the giving of m beau tiful flag to the high school. WILL D. UPSHAW MADE ADDRESS M ON DA Y NIGHT _ . 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