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Scotland County Unequalled in \ Diversified Agricultural Possibilities' u & In the Land of Cotton \ i A ' Mt mom,': _ throat mt. teramm, baOt tlH BWit mi «xk«Mt HjC^oAte mt TjjrTjes^froaij Oaten tie into ii i|—bit mu a with the eaten Cattan kaa baan the major crap mt the county for tew taiiaam trial al> moat, and and doubtieeo wiB tenihnaa ta ha tha bad nek upon whfch is M» Ha woodarfal agrtaJtaral nraaaarity. Thaamn maafl in am. and Ah . a papJnfm aatewtad at ITAte tba eamaty anaoaHy pro da tat Dearly twa halm of ratbm fmt nary ona of Ha Inhabitant*, and hi same yean tba protection n abort that team Bt W. M. MeXanate who cetera tba (inning atatiatina for the Cawu Banos la this county, supplies aa with the foBowiaa figures showing the production rf eaten in Scot!and noanty for mry year of Ha history, or ifee* tow, whan the couaty wan formed by act of the state laghte late: MWUHK IWWMt «* I Tear n*W 500-lb. B&W* ism a ms a,res 1901 10308- 10,024 ISM 17370 17317 MM . - 10.7*7 IMIS 1904 10348 15,548 ! ISM 2S3M , 20.4*0 ISM 10308 103*7 1907 01304 21,600 1908 003*0 24348 I9M 97309 97494 ISM 2031* 90388 IS1J 89,748 89340 1*12 21309 31308 1*18 ' 97349 9*381 1914 98404 58314 MIC 26380 9*408 1910 1T,7M 10.796 1*17 19,797 883*0 1919 84387 3430* 1*1* «3M 383*7 MM 443« 483M 1981 993*7 *9308 1999 2*404 9*3*9 1999 99390 (Nat <«rttfiad> .. » Scotland Connty B. A L. Association A Naw VMIa Kaalar in lha Parala* mant af LanUvt - - CavHal lari Bit then «m tin «nv etant aoaristiaa all i bf and Ian needed as ettal <medre factor la the _• la September. IMS, the Seetlaml County Bui Min* A Loan Association was ontenlaad. G. H. Basaali sad Wads & Dunbar pwhaps an due met of tin credit for pwtaotlnr the snneiatka They actively seUcitad shares and when these .had baeoana la**a aneogb to warrant It, a matin* of the ahambotden was called and an auaidasthai perfected. W. «■ Dn> mond[*^ioa*p*a*{dwrt!*aad 0. H. Kas sel. secretary and trsmanor. The «ll reetOT* an J as sac T. Gflwon. T. C. Everett, a U fine. H. W. Msllov, W. IX Todtsr. E. H. Gibeon. C I Bnfsnl. I. T. Myers, J. B. Marphy. G. H. Unison, Loonte Hammond and W. fL Daabar. inoujpi nruv in raomni w, w bonding rad Wan neaaatotlsw has te force mere then MM aherea. haa financed the boHdin* af tour new heme* to Lawrinburg, and circa rmry arendra of becoming a powerful farce to the future rfeyetepment of the com munity. Ita officer* and shareholders are a—«af the moot progroaMcc boat aaaa wan and dttoena generally In the comm unity, and H la the opinion of > eery body teat tea association la es tablished upon a dm and pemanent baaia. and that It* rrowth baa j«M Vliw la a abort Urn* H wiB he able! to finance homebuilder* generally. and will doohUeta be ona of the greatest factor* to terhtriMto^of^a creater The aaaociation'a operation* are not1 ttnrited ta Laurtobant. It aeeka the cooperation of neepte in nit put* af the eeantc. and J* wtmwoi to moke loan* Ipi’lVn *»> JM*’«ii ere»tr. LA|iR|vnn»r rvwrmv WfiftisworsK no.. Inc. Banded Warehenoe with W*»«w Ca pacity ef 4.M4 Rate Totten a Bean ta Qmwcra yOod betpe tbo»e who help them aim Id the year 1814 the cotton SftaTltdtt farmer* who wade cot ton their principal crop, decided that k waa time to halpt tViAnWcs. In that year tea prtoa of oottan because af the apdden ortbeanh af tea WarM War and other factors, was forced down until the cotton grower waa compelled to aaerificc hi* crop pr hold it far a batter market. It . waa tela necaasity that Wad to the organisation of the laartoburr Wbrahouse Cam-1 puny. Incorporated, and tee tori Mine «f a warehouse at Laorinharg which a to many Turman, in IMS an addition waa built to’ the plant and it new baa a storage capa city of 4M0 bales af cotton, and opamtea unde* tha Federal aad Stats wsrcbew system of bonded vsis honaea. It fa located on Railroad ■treat and the tracks of the Laarln* bar* A Boat hem Railroad ran right by ana aad ef the barfldtn*. while the S. A. L. tracks am nearby. Tlr* ceraaiattoa haa nave* had bat ene aft ef oflaen and dimeters and the dnrtaal pameoaal la stfll in of fice. Thane 6Seers at*: D. X. .Mc Rae. president | P. C McCormick, rtee president; T. 1* Henley, scene erei D. X. McRaa, P. C. McOemdck, R L MeMalr. R. K. La* aad Jan. L. i to th* stock end to feiaieta a—eiaWy'who advantage of tha fiuilMae eotton, and in many In* reaped hi* profits tar eotton antfi the pries Tom Tarheel aaya that the ehrwh bert which Ms wife pUndid about the bans* hud feR certainly la beginndng to leak pretty new. -- - ' Strut Scon*, Lourtnbnrg, North Cmrolktm Laurinburg a Town of Church-Loving People Four Loading Protest• ant Denominations Have Churches Here 8t David's I^IimmHw church la loertmt on U bountiful lot oo Church •trot. Both tho lot and bulldln* man douuad by the late MarfcNUrfsn, of Imurd HUL Hav. 1. H. Crosby la pastor of this church. Thu Methodist church was founded *“ 1*7*.by T. W. Guthrie of RocklMham and Col J. T. Robot, CapjJlT. Bvorotta, Copt. J. A. Fbritar, and Rot. M. McN. Smith, all of Liaxinburjr. A chinch vie bath «* *•£ 5K*' “• •w***' •** *■ this bulldfa* tho chareh worshipped ontil 1017 whoa tho lot when the present now structure stands, was purchased, and tho aaw church both at aa expense of WJ1000. The entire debt is paid and unida from this tho etiwvfw* m nuaiimvT on (04 foreign fteW. Rev. Kr. Cm ef Shang hai. China, la the representative. tSs ymsent pastor ia Be* W. R Ran) and this Is his third jssr on this field. One of the features ef which the ehereh is rery proud is the number nr preachers which has gent out from the church. There an a number who an dead, but following is a list of thoas now living who grew up in this church: Rev. J. A. Homaday, Rev. W. B. North. Rev. R. B. John, Rev. P. & McCall PtobyttrUn (This is a brief sketch of Laurin burg Presbyterian church, the first church organised in Lavisbsrg, by Bev. C. B. Craig, paster.) PmHend county rightly Imrvn its name. In population, it ia very largely made of “Mae's," a sun Mgn of the Highland Scotch. Than when w» say Scotch man, our thoughts tn rvitably tun to the Mrk. for the Scotchmen, whether in Hit native heath or far afield In soma new sac tinn has a love and reverenct for the Kirk that is thoroughly ingrained. I Laariabasg Pmobytaitan church land «[** ijf* *hhri •kaadj referred U, smwad tta chumb from Ha ossaidsatta* till 1869^ Prom this date till lt7t, a ■apply: Bar!>nuM^obaateirto<lM^ £^jw»*P MaaMafay Bar. Lather. ■acKlnnaa, later praaldsnt af Dar Uaoa Calls**; Baa. N. T. Bowdao,' srtSteiSHrbSi'fti ESXffiJS! SS’X&’X*' ineraasad in mnobarteip. A beauti ful memorial window In tha p meant ,chareh auditorium baara testimony of tba lows and esteem in which hla ■Mmonr is held. From 1888 to 1891, Bar- Chalmers Moor* waa pastor, af ter which was tba pastorate of Rav. W. B. Airowoad till 1898. In 1898,. Re*. John M. Bom, D. D. baeama tba! i derated paater and preacher. Ha waa i a man af tha highest typo af Obia-I Han character, and not only was tm' one of the ablest preachers and pan to r* in tha synod, bat also one of the host famished scholars in. tha ehanh. Ho eontiaaad ns paater till his death m August, 1*17. in ms He*. Carl a Cnla, incumbent, began his mini** terial wwk in Laurinburg -pastorate. Dm rsni history af a church is tha story of its i mei>7 who give af time, i and prayer, this church has b e^d it would b* all those who have I leading spirits, bat a _ hy It* fruit*, see something of the character of Ms oco|dc by the fruit* of thair tivea and by thair 1-aurinbunr church haa girea eight of bcr sons to tha work of tha minis •ry and always recount* their —tea with just and bate pride. They am: The l*to Rev. John B. MeKinoon, Rev. Min r. McKinnon, deoaaaod; Rev A. R. Re Am, D. D., Che raw. 8. G; Rev. O. f- Currie, Do Punjab Spring, Fla.; and Raw. A. A. MaOoacky, D. D. of Second Pmabvterian church. Char lotte. N. G; Rev. W. W. Armwood. Taa«mIL Va.; Rrr. Mm L. Fairly, D. D„ Steele'* Tavern, Va., and Rev. Robert McKinnon, dacoaaad, Chariaa too, W. Va. She also has apon bcr — ——cn _PrwbyteriMi Chareh, Ijtortnbur*. N. C. Thus from the ancestry of her peo ple, H la easily seen that a Presby terian Kirk was surety ilaaltnail or jwwlaatlaad to ha organised at what •*■* pUaa any coonderabls body of thaaa Highlaadira settled. It is a ^o« way bask to begin to aeeoant for the odgia of a church iirssnlsail in 16S9. to recall in Scottish history, the famous battle of CaUedan Muir. 1746, bat the melt of this battle which the Highlanders was of tto cSrih taction b? Wh. Tto paopto of this aee » their rteatieniiiati, They front their land of purple lojo of Wholly of ’worship, nf^the Khk. aad of the Book, which atilt ™* in the hearts of thle people. M^hi^iwpf’^th oSST foor'eauw hers, tt owes its stigia to the peua •nea a# a famous high school which ■atodataa the tows aad was tto ruai nucleus of tt. In MM to*. £ W. Major, a Presbyterian minister from Nmt York state, wee principal of tto school which tad a rr-^rpi of y was laoral HIM church, about^teur atOaa distant aad .too* tor tor tto r»ll on* candidate far the ministry, Mr. Eocene Booth, Laurinbnrg, K C. The first bsildiim was began in IMA end area a Mice rectangular wooden structure, which gave plaea to the present beautiful brick struc ture fas 1907, tgripped with handsaws pews, pipe organ, and all —;—err accessories. A beautifo] brick etroc tors entirely aepaiata from the chords building except far colonnade passageway, U near in eocfse of eree ttea. This Sunday school building will iaelode a large auditorium, 20 odd elsasroosna. ladies rongragsHoci has bass toeiwBidngiy Messed In worldly goods and have tried to wer •Jup God with miens accordingly, so that during the poet year, ksma esse of the 19 rhnwfaes that paid all sad more of the spporttesunsnts assigned Hi Lanrinbory Pmebytorian drarch with ib wtbirmhlp of wn 400, om tttrd of when aw “BaeV' oonUally twite any who may wad this put to ba har riafcor, and batter still, that yaa aattte to oar tm and batena a part af bar mcmbai ihlp. God ten ■teuatl UUs chord ia tha pat and en abled it to da a groat work. With an taoraariny muderdlp and increased aatteity. In tha present, oar prayor ia that Gad affl honor aad am thto •bartb ttfl) am* la the fataro. Note—The aathor of tMs sheteh, IteWy written oa a Haw ten aottee, ia indebted for tha fbate and dates borate to aa article written by Qm late Dr. X X. Boas, batoned pastor of tbi» chord for sumy yean. That ■satlil Chard Tha tint BspTtot dtad of Laoria bant had a undent bsyinrlry ia tho | ’ H—r MtWrfr BmMlm. Imh+wr*.». C. Mar 1*7», whan a marc handful of «f that year and In Sep •*•*» •« organlaad with tha UBmr tag charter member*: D. J Bivan Urfc and wlfTuTu-. SrLftig^V *»»*■«» (Mtar Mw! M*K*y), Mr. Chnnady and Gao. “to _■» .tha chareh work, balag a teacher ia (ha Swday ^dawL^aad «toinaaa of tha board pi daaeia In tha aama month Bar. W. T. j0r srSs. 2S*ps*s ST'a.""** ^ tola Bar. Mr. Stawa, Bav. Cohan, Bar. Mr Eg M. L. Kealer, who la now mpertntend tot of tha Tboaaavllla orphanage; tor. Mr. Curtto; Rev. B. cTKnd. tor. Mr. Whitehead. Bar. 1. R. 3*®****, tong. Rev. C. o W. G. HaU. and Rev. S. L Naff, who eamt to tho church -4* waxen 1 OI lAU year. IB 1M1 tha first church house n« °°"V et CBBBly «Bd Ev*,*tt streets. Thla was a wooden , "I*1 w«a hatnysd ty Sfi^.'trfcSrSUlU EE** °B ti»e site of tha bemad "“?»■ ™a has been enlarged awl added to from time to time, aa tha eburoh grew in aaeinbarehlp, haa »•**!"« *padty In tha ■ torhn® of abort 409, and a eehool equipment of 14 class p oantorad largaty In tha Sunday school. Her many yean tha 'am mini W. G QnakanMk principal of tha La arte burg high school and ana of the gnat art educators tha state has pwduasd, was saparintsndant of tha Sanday aehool and taachar of the Bible data. Associated with Prnfani Quahes bnsh aa eo-worker in tha Sunday **»<* Mr. George W. Geodwyn. "he la stitt taachsr of the Bible class. Profusor Qnikinbwl mntinoxl to nrsa the Sanday arfsoel op ta a short time before his daath in 1900. Tha people of Lssrinberg aad Scotland "■If have erected a beautiful nant on tha ooutt Laarlnburg as aa Sppradstion^f tha The 8unday school •raga atendaaee of_and haa outgrown tha church equipment. The chorefc mambarsliip haa grasrn f««n tha original seven to M, and tts contributions last yaar to all caosoa reached the , grand total of 318,000. f In Justs, 1919. Rev. Chas. B. Austin, a vary able and consecrated young man, came to the church aa pastor. Under his ministry tha church experi enced a splendid growth. Last year the congregation purchased at a coat of (4JM0 a pretty lot an tha oocnar of Church and James atraata, and la planning to build at an early data a new church house to eoat approxi mately (100,000. January 1 of last year Rev. Mr. Austin resigned as pastor to ga ta the Georgetown Baptist church, af Washington, D. C. The congregation then eallcd as pastor Rev. W. G. Hall, at that tints pastor of tha South side Baptiet church, of WOmlagton, N. C. Mr. Hall accepted the call and March 1 carat ta LiozlBbvc. * Raw. Mr. Hal) resigned fat January of this year, and was susceeriad by Rev. S. L. Naff, formerly of Mullins, 8. C., who is pastor now. SCOTLAND EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 80S CARS CAN' TALOUPE8 THI8 SEASON Lreds All North CanU— Co—<1 ia Prsdsdng Cast ale*—% ta Qaalky Sue—I to No— For twenty yean tha fan—to af Scotland county hart^baon KTtnHwyr At flrat>>tho acreage was sasaH, bot profits warn large and tha tad—try immediately teak tta place at the top as a money erop, beta* eeeoad —»y to aettoo. Cendmo— of ootl and ell mot* ta this caaty 0—tribato to pre d—e cantaloupe* af a superior Sarto. For yean they hark enjoyed S— faror ia the Mg i paadaTaa the mm) H knot always "(Contlnnod —
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