EVAN’S WHITE FRONT
DEPARTMENT STORE
i’roaiaent Colored Msrchast Hu
Belli Up Big Butacae la
Laorinberg
Beginning business with $300 worth
of goods 80 years gge, part ef which
was paid for in cash sad part of
which wma “on trait.** the in nines*
known as Evan*’ White Front
Deportment Store la one of the oldest
firms in tho county. From this mod
est boginning, tho business boa grown
to ouch proportions that at tho last
inventory Use stock of good* tree
valued at $$$,000. practically ail of
which is entirely paid for. In fact,
largo proportions of tho stock had
been paid for in leas than the usual
ilO-day period, in order te secure tho
discounts for cash, and Use remainder
was on a cash basis, being paid for
promptly upon receipt of invokes and
bills, which arrive practically every
ilay.
The story of tho pronounced suc
cess of the White Front Department
Store reeds almost Uke Action. The
founder, W. P. Brans, canto to Lae
rinburg fat ISM from Wilmington,
N C, and undertook the conduct of
a smell general merchandise store.
By reason of his intelligent handling
of the problems that cams before him
in the conduct of this small bualneee,
end by reaeon of his absolute fairness
and honesty la dealing with his cus
tomer*, he soon built up a county
.wide reputation a* a merchant whose
word could bo depended upon. And
this ta one of the greatest assets any
business man can bars.. H Is the soil
on which success In merchandising
igrows to Its fullest maturity,
i Carrying a general line, the Brans
"tore soon became headquarter* for
hundred* who found bore practically
everything that wa* needed in the
home and on the farm. Groceries,
clothing, shoe*, hat*, and in fact
everything to be found in the average
department store is carried. The well
known Keitb-Konqoeror shoo is
handled a* a loader, and is void in
l«r»* quantities. Th* tiers ten tolas
Marly ■■•Ofl equate feet at floor spaas
and employs from t U 10 persona
In addition to row darting n-1
ful mercantile eatabllahaaant. the
proprietor of this stop* has cootribat
*d largely to th* growth of Laorttv
bnrg by hia activity In building. H«
has constructed in all some thirty
five bouse* In the city. Ha la wall
known thrvughout the stats, and de
livers business addressee throughout
the State. His store is tbs oldest In
Lanriaburg, and one of the eldest in
Scotland county. He la an elder in
the Presbyterian church, and is active
In Masonic affair*. Ha has the high
est me pact of both whit* sad colored
citizen* ef the city and county. He to
the largest colored merchant in North
Carolina, and he has always bean
sincerely Interested In the educational
| and industrial progress of his race.
Some 19 years ago he wrote Dr.
| Hooker T. Washington to send him a
teacher to teach Industrial education
to his race. The teacher euimc and
I established th* Taurlnburg Normal
jnnd Industrial Institute. He was the
I first citizen to induce color* J phyei
I eian anil colored dentist to locate here
lend he provided up-to-date office* for
both.
Bigtlovr Memorial Hon&itaL eonMc
tod with Um Laurinbor* Normal and
Industrial laadtato, oroctod tan roars
o*o and modoraly equlppad with —
e ratio* roots. Dr. N. E. Jark son
ha dona oovoral roars of pot
ato work at Piwadmasi’s
| Washington, D. C., sod attended nor
! Graduate naras ampleyad irtth help
•f student no rasa. White phyiddana
have contributed bath sendee and in.
flue non to make hospital sac coed Lata
Dr. D. M. Prince «u a mihstaetial
premotor.
Term* reasonable. Service guaran
teed. For information, call N K.
Jackson, physician and surgeon, phone
*** »r eT If MeDuMe, Manager,
phene 07.
SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONS
OF THE COLORED PEOPLE
IV Race Haa Mari* Great ProfTMi
la Its School*. Churches aad
PahHc InotUotio-a
t
The l^nrinburg Normal and In
dustrial Institute wak founded in 1V04
by tta present principal, Emanuel
Monte* McDuffie, in an old public
school building, with on* tsacher,
seven students and fifteen cents in
cash. The institution is both acade
mic and industrial.
Tha' academic aid* of the work ii
divided into primary, intermediate
and high school departmonta This
work has bean gradually strengthened
year by year with equipment batter
prepared teachers, a flrst-elaa* acade
mic building with patent desks, virgo
pitted blackboards and steam Kent,
with a library of over 5.900 volumes
and other furniture and apparatus
necessary to da first class academic
■ work, the school is now qualified and
will go on the state list of accredited
or standard high schools next June.
Roy* and girls am being Instructed
in cooking, housekeeping, dreaamak
, tag, laundering, ' wheel weighting,
blacksmith! ng and printing, these
industries hnvc been established in
order to afford students an opportun
ity to master a trail* white gening a
literary education. Housekeeping ts
Kreewn id orrtor to tooth oar glrli
the difference between o hoae# and a
homo and how to beautify the home
and tore for It inteUgently.
Haying no ehureh, mdctf nor or
K -nlaatlon of any Idad upon which to
roly (at -nnaoit, building an lantita
tten or thia Jdr«l. h»* bean a constant
bunlen and a atrugglc upon lh» nrin
eipn] ami founder ainre it* inception.
Many time* tha work weald hare
failed had it not boar for the atrong
determination and abiding flrith of Hi
prtailpal who W1« wiWng and able
. Bo atoop down and lift Mmeetf op by
M» own bootstrap. Mr. McDalRa ha*
dona more, for h* working oat Ida own
MOOtM, ho ha* painted the way by
any boy of viaion and energy
can make a piece for tdmaoif. Bach
man am tha graataat aaaat to tk«
«**• WbO* *«yta#r tha foundation
&S3&3P&
SSK&MS
*• 4U Mt hero the tutonMp of aar
“*••0 theother Wyi aad gfata Cad.
for Ma father dUd a frw mootha be
fore Ua birth aad hh mother amlwd
aaly a few yean. Be waa than
jfrfeMpg1.Vhmjgtfe «fep of hu
5S|lS!sc3tir&3
■ • • >,
| tune only smiles on those who roll up
I their sleeves and put their shoulder*
I to the wheel.
| J!c* Using that the race was stand
ing in need of men of brain, he en
tered school and woe Wort perserering
•y that he might receive an adoration
hi order that some day his nsuae
•night be written high on faaaa'a roll.
Althoogh ho had a hard time daring
the year* he stayed In school, be did
not become discouraged bat pressed
forward with a determination that
knows no failure being consoled only
by the words of the poet, “Tho hod
Amy have its bitter taste but sweet
will be the flower" After tolling
amid adversities he Anally finished at
the Snow Hill Normal A Industrial In
stitute. la 1904 and came to Lastrln
burg ami started the school that year.
Knowing that all man must pay the
pried for Being, he took up Ida cross
and followed the Lord erho said, "My
grace to sotAdent for thee." With
i tho coop#ration of whits and colored
and the teachers who sic associated
with Mm hi the work he is still at the
[head of the school which stands as a
beacon tight on the road to civilian
ti*n where hoy* and girt* are taught
bnw to be nartal and law aMdlqg
e'tiien* that out*, like all other races,
wy play wall it* part in the drama
Of life.
Principal McDaflle'x rtory cannot
better bo told than in hit own langu
H« aay»! "I waa born in Snow
HiB, Wilcox county, Alabama. De
cember *4, hub. My paiunto wure
j&iMUMl and Raima McDuffie. T waa
brouuht up under the moat adverse
coixtitiom. My father dteit about Ms
mirths be Toro my With, that leaving
.my muiliir w’lh the rare of aeven
rhiWrer. Aj 1 had never aaan aty
father, t wa* niton referred to by the
ether children ef the eommanlty aa
tb* «m of “non*." la July, IBM, my
mother died and the burden of caring
'for the children Iron feB upon my old
gra'Kimollier In rider to help aa
cure fix-it mi,| rMIciirt for myaatf
. and tbd root of tha family, I web torn
, pulled to plow an os on a farm and aa
|»» mode from four to five
I balm, of cotton and 40 and *0 buabobi
of com oeeh year, aba w*a looted
upon ax a greet farmer. When I waa
fifteen roart of ago, my
wat rolled U toTteora^S, thee
leaving a tenaa fuU af aMIdmn to
SSS, {“u^jSU^STjS
XSSSni.TSSJf'rs
Industrial Institute. I wu i**-1
aa a work etedant, working all day
gWBsrtsyJfi
tUtSjf
tlung; but after entering the school
m>1 being surrounded by • different
atteoapbere and seeing what had al
ready been accomplished by Principal
W. /. Edward, I soon roatiead that the
negro Had aa much right to Ufa and
liberty as any other man.
a -
It Is tho custom ouch year tp pre
sent a stlkq hat to the skqippcr of the
first grain-carrying bout to enter the
port at Fart William. Ontario.
Tom Tarheel says that the reason
l>e put running water In his house
was to keep his wife from breaking
the tenth commandment by c'vetiag
tha bathroom and kitchen conveni
ences belonging to her rxnrried sistci
in town.
Whet* am you golntf to send your
.children to echo*] next tonol The
Laertnbur* Normal and Indartrial
TaeHtata, teaatm! In the eeatie of the
Bteek BeU of North Oarotina, when
the Meek* oat n ember the whkaa, of
fm exceptional ■ eppertaaMea to
worthy and ambMou* young mm tad
wonted to enter next ITiyjiaitlr and
leant a trade while trotting aa adaea
tloa. Oar enrollment la MO. Ooran
Wen inctrocten from toon of the
" the ,oo get*
r
Tlw sctiuol gKss a thoroagh few
tUh r<iuc*U*ii ami Is strictly ntnl,
rsUghm* ant) iMastrial. (Nm toy
to girl Is taaght praatiaal
. Ttojr aaa*
thctr toaaaa hi the south, la tmM
1 sto toMstst tttoc mattora atoW
^a Mlk* Msa MasaS
, ■■ frwn ■«•<! woTn^Ti ferfe pitptrfi *
i ' * ’ ■ ‘ /:• - •-. ■ 4u<jr.* -’
for tkaae walk* «f Ufa that will pot
Uwir "*■**•" U
Tfca arfcoal lo*SSSj kd a T
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nwail of
irt\t4jr and taiwllm. PtoaStalac
or bifonoatloo write,
B. M. MaMU, Prtadpal, aa
if M. Jahosoa, Tiaa^iai
LAURINBURG NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INBUTUTB
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and to VA/ear
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Standard Merchandise at Prices Consist
ent with High Quality
Lowest Prices on Sugar
EVAN’S WHITE
DEPARTMENT .
Laurinburg North Carc^na
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