“““tSS* S! SV*_ 9 . ' r • f~'-' *'
she ether aboet fl1 .. _ .
Ree. Carre «m foOewed
hfctiwirkhfl*th!f*r'
preached far awhile at_
be* it twm desirable that the
paHw caw them mi^The'formed a
tardeHr ergaisiaed church. The dif
>e«r, Loweter, wm in getting the
w» to unite, flame warn contand
iny for ana ptaer and aame far an
other tte earth*rn party (** we
rmy term them) wen willing (at
m*Uwa?,ffirC whateoeenaiM^
*1 preaching wen Ml—but a portion
«f ‘he ."acEthem party »wH net yield
to tide proposition. Mr. McNair wa«
hianmN la 'near of thf* mi>Wile point.
- uti bo trftii room other* determined
M hare tit manor decided.
Me had an enpolntment at the
eenthent eaint, tha cwirragatioa be
ing axeambiad. he made proclamation
that eH da warn In f*ror of going
U Loam! ITO. would follow Mm. He
nr* *tr1^ ^ gaWemned by a ^majority
t‘. » the r. vlni^Edmated ard then* de
temwfr* I t/ ~tebHak a cherub.
fir dpn time a anndtimf log
fc^ttre wnn erected. in which the pae
lla wmhipped for a a unbar of
tiShM hrlhhmi^^*
' . Wmilt of tfcl* determination
•w th* *«e«tin* anil eemaletio* of a
cnmniPnai ft*aw buniHo*. which
araa dedicated to the rerviee »f Gad.
Xr. XcKair pleached at Laurel Hill
1 -'phent 1t veata. which awe needy the
whd’ af We miniate rial Iff*. la Con
Mctiaa with tMn ahtmo he «h*
anai the dwtNi* of Oitn. Adi
Hb aad Rad BMT. Far any months
Wane Mr dm.th hi* health failed no
*h«» ha «oaM net n retch nyikrtf.
Oa the drat fn Wurth la Attract, beta*
V. the foarth day nt tho month, in the
year MB. the Maider railed Mot tu
Vc yawned. He vn* o falthfal and
aaalrar Inhere r ft the l/wel'a vtnn
yafd. He nee erect I v bedewed by blc
Maple aad in Me death they ML that
thaw amt* needy he reared. He wan
halted ta th* McFarland grave yard
h Mate* of th* chnryh {Laurel Hfflj.
ffv* *on*T.arathw» had a neat awrrbb;
♦.inrSetooe -■"ertrd at Mr irraea, which
(odae aw"^e th« rr»ti-v oMee af Me
e-rtwy UWoeeV wMch WTrI
•'■yen TnenM*m,» frfe «»•*<. Unori Mr
hrnb ctnne U the foTmrln- in/erio
tints . r
"Sacred
" * th* Memory afaar. Maleam Kc
V»:r
' . tdc farter of the Owrtkrr of Cat
ttlt &!*&*• Lm**> Mni mM
ey. • * *
Wire tauM this Ufa, on Sunday.
Uh Day of Aug. AJ>. 1882:
la tha 4Mi Yanr of hia aga and Mth
of Mi Wa late re."
"A aaaleaa advocate of Sacred Truth;
A petto ran far oU age. ■ guMe far
rotetin
Mild, meek aad patient, courteous aad
Mad.
Of tamper uniform; of sotid mind.
Modestly fhrtahtng from nub rain
Tot <aSSrin bis Mas tar’s holy
HJa counsel aft did comfort tha for
' len,
Immanual'n imago did hia life adorn.*
Tf are are correctly informed, tha
neat minister who preached to this
oeagregatioo was tha Bev. John Mc
To tyre. After him came Rev. Colin
Melvor. Ha waa nicnedod by Rar.
Wm. Paisley. From what we can
team neither of thaaa minlatera re
mained long hi chain of tha ehareh.
We have not base amt to gat at the
dates of their an trance or departure.
After Mr. Paisley came Robert Lynch,
who rasnatned for some year*. Fol
lowing him was Rar. Duncan McIn
tyre from Scotland, who remained
for a vrar or two. After Mi depar
ture, Be*. Brawn aad Arehd. Mc
Queen mmstored to the congregation
alternately for about tare years. Mr.
Rrnwn then retired from this Sold
Bair. A_ McQueen remained and con
tinued to minister with much accept
ance to tha MorCh until October. 1*41,
when his ministrations wan suddenly
mcunaieo or nix oiterw* into u\*
marriage relation with Kim Huy
McLeod, the sister of Ms daeeaacd
eifh
<Ia thta t«csection it U appropriate
to quota the, falewiag interesting
sentence* from tha history of CoL
Jamea XcQoaaa sad his descendant*.
CAL 2—HISTORY OF L H_
entitled "The ITfiTlYanm of Onset's
date," bp Kn. A. B. Me Elyas 'of
Maxton, which threw light on an In
teresting chapter in the Ufa of Bar.
A. McQueen aad ef tha Presbyterian
church: “Before daring the history
of Rene. Archibald McQscen aad hia
family. I feel it a duty to odd. for
the rooaon that future generations
aright get a distorted or garbled ac
count of it, a brief state react in ro
Erd to his marriage to Kina Mary
Load, who was tha sister of kit
second wife, Miae JuBa Ann McLeod.
After he had married the third time
murmuring* began to arise among
some of th* ministerial brethren
throughout th* cberrttea, which Anal
ly assumed active proportions, and
he was arraigned before Fayetteville
Presbytery, accused of tranagroaalng
Scripture I laws by marrying hia de
ceased wife's deter.And in
January, IMA Mr. MeQueea was de
posed from the ministry for what was
then thought to be a violation of the
church lew, which said taw wax sap
posed by soma to'be warranted by
Scripture and forbade th* marrying
of a 'deceased wife’s sister.’.
From this verdict and lodgment the
cm* wa* appealed and went beck and
forth to the Synod and General As
sembly several times, until finally he
wa* restored to tha communion and to
sM th* privileges ef the ministry, but
the fight against him had been so
long and bitter, aad the proaecution ae
determined aad unoompremislng. and
that too by taaay who hitherto had
boon hia warmest and most intimate
friend*, that th* strain tsM heavily
oa him, aad he only survived a abort
white, and died at Floral College, X.
C:, broken-hearted.Thanh* be
came a martyr, in a aonae at least, ia
th* cause of rvHgioUx freedean, for
while th* Book of Church Order for
bade nuch a marriage, he himself
wee (wnimj an inei il was nor
warranted by Scripture; end there is
new no iloubt that ho w*« right in
Me contention, for leajr tinea, that
part of the Book af Church Order has
been ro pro led, end it was the long
«n<l thorooHi discussion of his ease
♦hv‘W> doubt brought about its ahn
rnx'tm. cud now it has ant only
bronoid shout Its repeal in the Pree
hvierian churehae, eat in ell church
and state laws Oa both sides of the
Atlantic, end so It appears that he1
was none forty years far advance of;
the thought* of the eherch courts la'
soring the truth that K was not an
Scriptsrs) to merry 4 'deceased wife's
sinter.' ")
Soon after this event, the Jtav.
Aiahd. Bakov of Between county, who
hid rxtftriy tfiUnd the mlniibv
was Invited to tabs sharp* of fh*
rhareh. He cam* and pcaaehml about
two y«nr» whoa ha tiaawi to the
•nnr of Ssliskpry, where he remained
fo* a number «f years.
Nest cam* Her. Mr. C*H of Oa
raw, s. c., who supplied the church
for part of a peer. After him the
church was supplied for the year 1*44
by Rev. Andrew MeMOUa. who wa*
§1? .v£W'Fl'iV.-f3'
_....
after beta* In aaa far tt yean k in
good condition, and k perhaps one ef
the large tt aad eae of the beat coen
try sbarefc boUdincs k tba boaade of
the Presbytery.
After Bee. Mr. Ml— retired
from this field, Ree. N. T. Bewden
nectlen with Uarinherg onto the
Ideee ef 1M8. During IMP the
church waa (applied byBev. Andrew
McMillan. In the latter put of thU
paar If ponoaa warn added on ox
nmination
la 1870 Her. D Fairley preached a
tow timet to tbe congregation. In
June. 1971, tbe prevent pastor (Rev.
A. N. Ferguson) waa by the uaani
ma«a vote of the congregation in
vited to supply this ehpreh with
preaching twice a month.
1876. Ha hat been ministering to
this congregation sear 8 year* dar
ing which time entire harmony and
ssa.iaat E5S-, aas&
fMKN^PrdM^ Stewart, Shaw,
■mm •( the original famfllcs when
&sssn&asL7sislsk
Finally the remark that this ©on
grigtalsa is Is the main compoeed
•f geacroas and liberal-hearted peo
OMh Foe the moot part they pay their
s^swrarti^sruEtt
stance to the variaua benevolent ob
Ma at the eh arch. Aad In an In
nUectaal aad raoral view win, we
think, compare favorably with meat
congregations la oar Preabytcrial
September. 1879.
This tntereetiag historical sketch
comae dawn to the year 1878. Of the
work af the chare*! since that time no
accurate and detailed account has
bean prepared. In recent years the
cherch baa mads great progress. Pas
ters who have aeraod It Mnes 1918
have bean Dr. F. O. HalUer. Or. Du
gakt McIntyre. Dr. Frank I. Johns
ten (deceased), and Rev. O. F. Kirk
patrick. who te the paster at this
time. In 1817 a beautiful manse was
built for the urn of the pastor and It
stands on the cherch grounds The
membership now numbers 1SS and
last year the congregation gave 88,
000 to the various causae of their
church. The elders are E L. Me
Laorel HIM PmkrterlM Church
i grace has prevailed. Tha church haa
been gmdoally growing in lumber*
and me hope ia spiritual strength.
During tha past * yuan 102 person*
have mm added to tha church; 99
on examination and 9 by certificate.
In all the history of this church we
I Jo not find from the record* or from
any ether nomas, that them wan
aver at any time any very remarkable
not pouring of the spirit. Bat them
has been all akmg a gradual growth;
a (crndeal ingathering of souls (which
In nor view is more desirable.)
The original ruling elder* of this
church w*r* John Buchanan and two
John McNair* (on* known as Hatter
John ami the other as Rad John.) In
ruVKtion to these the following per
sons were st different periods brought
Into the eldership, (via) John MeMU
Inu. Duncan HUIker. Wat. McLeod,
Rob*. Campbell and Geo. McIntosh.
We have net been able to gut at
the dote* when any of these entered
tha eldership In this raped, as wall
•s in some other particulars them la
an nnfortanate defect tn tha saaaioaal
record* for the first 28 or 80 year*
of tha church's history.
In Jply, 1891, Murdock McKinnon
was elected and ordained alder. In
1840 Daniel C. Stewart was recei ved
into the eldership, he haring been
previouxly ordained an eider in
•wnyrnn ciuirch. nt 1848 Manure.
Job* MrXeiH, 3. C. Raker and Milton
McIntosh ware eiectd and ordained. In
18M Meaem. John McKay. Murdoch
MarriMB and Dr. Archibald Pattar
aon war* elected and ordained elder*.
In November, 1BT7, Hector Me.N.
Lvtch and John F. McNair were elect-:
•d and ordained. In June. 187*. !_ B.
Prince lwho had bean far a number
of year* an alder in another church)
wan elected and (netaDed eMar in thl*
church. Of thaaa who have tbuo boa 1
at dtiterant period* iaatailad >< Kill
in* Eldar* in thl* ebureh, the follow
tner are active officer* at thl* time,
red the only one* now Brine- except
3. C. Dakar .who redder In Airborne;
T>. C. Stewart. M. Metutoah. John Me
fcl
fThe dcaeona are Inn. D. Currie,
Wa*. Wuahaaan. Dr. A. Stewart, ten.
B. McNeill and A. t. Pattaraon.)
Thl* ccomyation la camnonad at
moat entirely of Scotch deaaewdent*
and a tew nativa* af Scotland. The
follow in e am aerne of tX* family
name* new common hi the connery*
Nalr, Clarence Lytch. Ksiriy Konree.
Daucecs: Albert Lytcli, J. A. MeMll
lan. Raymond Monroe and John Mc
Lean.
SCOTLAND EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE 860 CARS CAN
TALOUPES THIS SEASON
(Coatiased from peg* 2)
• plendid reUrn» and In other years
they suffer losses It jest about evens
up as p good average proposition and
It is aid that the wiso fanner U the
;ooe who plants a reasonable acreage
to cantaloupes year after year, tak
ing bis good profits in those years
that are favorable and taking only
moderate losses when loss comes,
which sometimes happens in the case
of cantaloupes.
With approximately 1800 or '4000
acres planted to cantaloupes this year.
Scotland county, with reasonable
weather con didoes will prodoee
around 880 ear loads of rsnTslsapes.
or-'UMtQ crates. Shipments this
year are expected to start shoot July
UL The 'loupes arc shipped in re
frigerator cars and are harried te the
great markets of the North and Best
by the roll roods- Many ears else go
to the Sooth, as Jscknmvflls. Tampa.
Birmingham and New Orleans, the
markets there being good after the
season for cantaloupes In those state*
ts past.
Scotland County
Co-operative Can
taloupe Kxchanqe
A CMgrtHn Xarketiag Aiihtlw
•* Ctihap Qnnn That |
Ha* F—Hlaaad
A nwatlm at fir*t importance and
ronddaratlao with grower* at canta
loupe* Is that at market*. Many
grown know haw to prmhiee a am
of eantaioap**, but that la only half
Urn fight. Once th* loop** are grown
and ready far th* markat th# naxt Wg
Ouoetlon la a profit*bio markat la
rormor yearn Urn grower* took their
rhanoee. *o to speak. That la kl good
year* they get good .prices aad hi bad
g !
Laurinburg High School
Ranks With the Best
Its Graduates Make En
viable Records at Col•]
. lege and University, a
School of the People
(Bjr 8. W. Ribk Superintendent)
An appreciation of any business ari
organization may beat be had from a!
raviaw of Its growth and by a com-,
porison of relative valueb. Duo credit
for 1U preaent material and physical
standard con only be given after a
ttudy of ita development during the
history of its existence.
The present graded school system
of I-aunoburg was organized io 190*
i with on enrollment in the white
'achoole of 283 pupils, and with 267
In the colored school*. During the.
Iasi fourteen years the enrollment of
l white pupila baa increased to 792 and
that of colonel pupila to 667, totaling
1134* pupila. Thla increase of 179 per
1 cent In while pupils snd 117 par cent
In colored pupils tz Indicative not only
of the growth of the town and com
munity .but alno of tha interest that
iz taken in educational affair*.
a muci com parts on ox the phy
' sical equipment Is noted in that when
the Central Building was erected in
1909 the vacant rooms in that bnlM
''ng wore folly expected to care far
the Increase in enrollment for at host
a pert*ration. Since 191-1. the demand
for additional room rapidly grew un
til ample relief was found In the con*
i stmetlon of mm of the handsomest
-and moat thoroughly equipped high
-chool building* Tn the aUta. In thla
building complete laboratory equip
j ment 1* offered for teaching the eei
• rnca* and arts, and ths conveniences
of a modem building arc fully pro
! vlded for. At present there are four
: building* for white children, while
' the colored school boasts of two sub
stantia] buildings for dam room
.work, two excellent dormitories, a
. hospital, print shop and a blacksmith
I shop. This excellent equipment of the
colored schools is largely the result of
'the energy and teal of the colored
.principal, E. If. XcDufte.
A necessary adjunct to oar equip
| ment is a home for the teachers that
:«» most conveniently" locator) and
I which offer* comfortable occomoda
i
tiocrn'to those who tabs advantage of
,
i-JV*?? sporty valuation of
tbs Laodnburg school district was
914*4,1*4. while in 1923-S4 the
valuation had inereusad to 9«4€4,0S«.
A *peclal tax rate of 64 cents has
btan voted on the district but only
4* cents is levied. Thirty-on* and
one-half cents of this for aU operat
Jtnir expenses and sixteen end one
, half cents are applied eo the bonded
.Indebtedness of the district
One of the main assets of
school system (s the teaching per
sonnel. Por a number of yean, oar
schools have bees able to boast of an
e4Rchmt corps of teacher*. A Large
majority Q{ these are graduates of
A college*, and are Medalists in
their particular line of wort. The
faculty of the white .school* in 1B0B
110 consisted of three high school and
ftve elementary teacher*, while at the
prweeut tin,* the high school faculty
cumber* five and the elementary
teachers seventeen, with an additional
teacher in public school music and ore*
in domestic science, and a librarian.
One of the moat encouraging fea
tures is that 96 per cent ef the high
gmuuave* mar college, and
iaalce a tHuat creditable record there.
A partial review of the report of the
Souther* Association of High School*
and collages for IMS as given below
1-laeea the percentage of failures
Hirong Laurinburg high school gradu
al* In co'lege next to the lowest ef
any school in the state.
Per Cent
Failures
wwmfim rialsui_._ «7
Laurinburg __ ”
Wilmington___1..._ 6.6
Charlotte _J." 10.9
Fayetteville ..._...._... hj
Raleigh .._...." 17.*
Thin review of the schools of the
city would not be complete without
mentioning the unutuallv fine interest
and spirit manifested by the cltisecu
of the . town and turrowidlng com.
rnunity. Ne community tan boast of
n finer Heritage and of a keener ap
preciation of forces that are uplifting
In their influence. This solidity of
character is keenly manifest In the
student body as well as in the citixen
ahip, and its influence upon the mor
als of the school strengthens crery
effort for it* advancement.
Smyrna IVeabytarian Church
ymro they got bad prices, with the
result that away of than became dis
gusted and sorely disturbed In mind
aa to what wo* the beat possible way
to got a reasonable price for the
Houmh
Nothing definite eras done until the
year 1M1, when a number of canta
loups growers, led by such men as D.
K. McRae, F. C. McCormick, Angus
Blue, J, Walter Jonas, T, L Hanley,
W. Dell. MeEaehin, and others or
ganised the Scutland Co-opera tire
Cantaloupe Exchange aa a marketing
organisation and succeeded in per
suading many of , the cantaloupe
growers to poet their crops and mar
ket them through one channel. On*
of the first things to bo emphasised
add insisted upon by the cooperative
association wax that ef quality. It
proposed to guarantee quality and to
market Kx leones under one brand
which in the big markets would be
that guarantee ef quality. Jt dame
as it* brood name the word "Melrose."
copywrighted in the U- fi. patent ef
fioe. All eantalenpas sold by the
Cantaloupe Exchank« under this
brand are guaranteed aa to quality.
The exchange also has another btund
“Dundee,” aadcr which it warbefh
cantaloupes of aoothor grade. These
on also guaranteed aa to qtaalhy.
Seed from Colorado
The cantaloupe exchange makes
sans of ianility at the source. To do
this ll knirrs an acreage for .canta
loupe* In the Rocky Korrt Valley,
Colorado, ami under the personal in
spection of one of its members, a crap
of Toupaa t* grown then for seed and
all the cantaloupes planted by mem
ber* of the exchange come from this
Colorado seed farm, as wall aa moat
of the acreage planted by independent
growers. Good seed mean superior
loupes and it is believed this plan
offer* more than say ethsr in the way
of guaranteeing quality
Officer* of the Scotland Co-operm
live Cantaloupe Exchange are: Atm
gru* llloe. president; T. L. Henley,
secretary and treasurer. The diree
tom am; Angus Bloc. D. K. McRae,
II. W. Malloy, U M. Blue. J. Walter
loom, N. P. Gilchrist. Prank Car
michael, H. W. MeLaorin, and H. T.
Monroe. Prank C. McCormick is solaa
manager, and W. DaB. MeEaehtn Is
geaarul inspector for -the peeking
shade.
*
-- ■■ ft . •*
Eran s hog wilt appreciate plenty
ef clean, fresh water during tbs bat
days ef summer; hew much more so,
will the delicate (Wry eew.
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