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REMINISCENCES . OF HARNETT CO. UraalkM Um ■ Ma wtth mal ao' Who aeaer I* klM*ll baa uM Thla ^ ·7 entire laad? Several l««a uM «Mr· wa (at this Κ··, and oaa baa (x^alrvd U It waa ortdaal. Fer tear otbere alikt think It la original we weald MM that tar a qaarter a( a tutarr *· Ut· kaaa facta about tbe county from pefttc aad ftlntt Ne ar*. aeigbborbood aad family tradl tloa*. aad the itorτ et οι bar daya aa told Wj tba old eettlere wba ha*e rroajad iba great divide. H ara art bacaa bar eatetaaee ander tba meat an favorable elrcamataacae and (or yaara adarad bar da 111 a· ua toM. M ear of bar baat aoaa aad daoxbten waat a war aad îaada food la otbar plaaea that had bat tar ad vantagea, while atbara — » I» aad filled tba place* they left racaat, aad bar early blatory did a et appeal to tha«. Tat «one Uae. aftar tbe facta are forgotten aad tbe reeerda de atrojad. her people will like to kaew ■oaelbla|Nk««t tba paet aad tboee connected with It. Foot aaya Darld 8 ml Ik. bla wife aad two children. Matcom aad iaoet. Cine over from Seotlaad and atarted up tbe Cap* Fear to tbe McNelU :ettlemeet at the Η la*. Da their war up the river hie wife died, bat be came aa with hta children aad rattled near the mouth of Little river. Here Janet married Arabibald Mc Neill .a aon of oae of tba drat aet Ueta, aad by her energy aad natural ability they became tbe wealtbleet family In the country. Of fair com plexion ao cbaractertetlc to a Scotch laaala. ahe araa kaowu aa Jennie Baa I Baba la tbe Oaeilie word (or whit·). Tba wealth et tbe piaaaer cosaieted of cattle, aa there ware ao reklclee aad c·» roada to earry tba prodaae to mark*:, aad cattle faraiabed their own tranaportaUon. Drovej of tbem were carried aa far aa Cbarleetoa aad Norfolk, while hoc», tarfeeya aad even chlckena were dnvaa to the r.earby market· of Fayellerille aad Jennie Ban acquired a τwry larw η tt an bar of cattle which aha divided ap and kept la dtfferaat lacalttlaa areat of tha Cape Fear, u fir u tbe praaaat Moor· couaty Kb· 8ba h a· pad naay a "Mtwur" (at a •tart by (IrtU than eaplartaeat.ea her raacbee. Archibald Bate, oae at tha I rat alder* at Barbacaa church, tu a herdamaa at ban. Hrtac oa a raach waat a» Ptaerlew. the car· bar unwal attention to each. rWt la* the· oa horeabaek. Whaa Oar·· w*nia wtthdna hi* army after tha " battle of Oeil ford, part of tbaa ease hj where ehe a red and aa e«Uer rede ap to her eattle pan ta imw ' IwUlW. aha wlî'ttâ wimac ta donate tha wfcat at aap pMaa that *u needed aad doter ai aed ta oatwlt him. «ha «rented a boy ta let down a gap la tha rear of the pes while she weal to the Γ root lo roBoaatrate with tha oOcar who *u looktax them aver to «elect, the beat. While talhlac with hi· ehe goeilcalated la aa excited Bauer with her red *herehie< whleh ahe held la her head. Tbl* caaaad tha tattle tu ataaipede throotb the opealas la to the * «retape, safe Iron* tha Brltlah bulleta. Her eoa. Daalel. after earring with j the RoyaHata. waat to Caaada after the close of the war a ad married there. Hla daeeeadaata beleag to tbe I rat faaetllaa of Nora Scotia. Her eoa. Hector, wea with tha Scotch compaay at tbe battle of Cain Mar· the ftsht *U Heeler Ut * ffWM—I that ko mM ke kllM tko MCI ter. H. Ml early ta the IfMk nhuM kr «M Hector Kc Netil of Hitan hub. Th· ·η Ifbt. Tble Ml IkM ** >oat a load ·». mad Iter wH UtjJbrdera be· ih« bat ok ef UHillu. ta the rtilomm» thai Mkrri m>«m· ■kouted: -HtMar la mm 4M, k«n he la rmmAy to M M." M Jeaol* hi'· Bettor took o——« ud ■■M the —mi fro· k*la« d« ■ortlM by tko <Mtk of tkotr lead er. It te toU that ke waa eagoead Ιο ο Ctrl ud ker father objected to •itk as exteat they kad a Bght about vketker ke e«ild butt ker or aot. Be struck Heetor a klow la tko eye tkat blladed kin tor U(e. bat ke whipped ker father aad married tke «tri Bo afterward· wore a heather akade ever tko eye. aad while hie brother wee called cuitai Joba, ko wee kaowa ee "leather ere Hector." Maar of tke leading famillee la tbe coaaty are direct «miMiiU of tkle remarkable family. Tka oaly taiiktor, Margaret. wae tka great graad mother of Dr. J. T. McKay of •ale*· Creek. Some time after tke deetk of Jeo nte Baa aa elaborate moaameat wae ordered tor ker (rare la the old Mc Neill graveyard «ear HcCormkk's bridge. Tke die we* carried there, ket the kaee waa too beery to carry oeroea tbe coaatry at that Une. aad waa left et the wharf af FOyetlerUle where It wae aalooded fro· the boat, aad tke moaameat waa aerer erect ed Bat her aeme will be kmowa far yifci to come amoui tke Scotch eet Uera of Harwett. Men. Strike·, «trikca! atrike*!! Every body atrikiagtll Bran tk cotton finer to reported m having iwttkl· ed hie pUnkng, not her»n»e there U teo math cotton but in order to [tt tfce money witboat andcrfoinf the trouble of prodaclng the feed». New, If all tfe· world U |*ln| on atrike, how to the world'· work to nt done? And If tt dee* not get qmc, how to production to be in creased? And If prodactton to not increaaed, how caa prie·· cone down? Wo are toW that there to Bach food in America aow a* a jrear ago, there ought ta be a good deal mare more not only hocaaae the world need· It and wo need tt, hot bocauae we have had a fall aeaeen whereby to recoup If past of the world to alwaye on •trika, haw aaa the reat of aa work lo advantage? And If it take* all that we caa do «van In aaacetiate* to malatain the "tale of firing" which we have developed, how can we pro dace eaoogh food, clewing aad ahel ter to catch ap wMk earaalvee aad overcome the lo·»»* from war. dwaU part of oa toy off all the time? If. wa look only to the «trike and other | holdup aaettoad» to evaa ap—or down ; —how aad ah— ihall are begia to gather as aad to over take oar irrink-1 tac «eeplleaT If the world 'had all It caiU do I Ό fead, clathe aad Aaltor Itaelf well ι Wan Che war—and Η d<d—how caa ve got alorg now aa part Hat, what ever the wage, whan milUone of ton» <f food aad clothing have boon aecl daaially or aarpaeely i—ifgj aa 'aad, aad ether million· mat to the bottom of the aaa to rot Τ Eleven million» of tea· of (hipping oa the floor af the ocean—the full equival ent of half the wheat crop of the ι United State»! And are are largely •die while the Lard haa beea raining hi* aoallght oa uproductive Held· all war aa a mute iavltatiaa to ererk. caaae we have not prodaeed eooagh caaae we have not predated enough aad net becaaac wheat ia ft.SC. In troportion aa we atrike wa afaall pro Joce more. If there ia hoarding aad proftteer ng. It I» the beat evidence In the world of aearcMy, bvcaoae no eaaa la faal enough to attempt to heard or to apeeulate la face af aa oncoaiing tide of plenty. Oa the odaer hand! Se will "unload" before the wave atrikoa him. If rate are too hUrfc. it ia mot bé casse pork la twenty-two tenta, but boeaaae *i do not bar* tiwy|k houaoi far tka people to lira la. During the Mr rant wma iteaat the only oapeam tkat fell. Bat poor an mddenly foimd theauotvea living on Baaj Street, and inateod of two faaitliea in oao «hack aack ranted one of Ita awn. Thaaa wbo had Ihred in akxlu aapirod to rot tana; tka cotU*r*a to a lit; and the fiat dwtlm to a roal bona·. And ao rente barn rte": and Um ro and y ia to baltd mora boaaoa, not to Mow m and born down tbone w« bava «imply to nlt« tbo landlord, (no in thaaa of pfaaty we do not born tka hoaaa for tbo aabo of eleaa 'm ap tka rata. If we will all m ta work a ad work aa hard aa we did when ara ware all •eared atiff; tkaa we ahall aaaa dig oat af tka pradiraaual we ara in: bat If wa are to do Κ ara meat develop aa aaprlt du eoepa «ad work toaalb aaMa^daCMHo parpna· aa wa did In Tke Am/ aaeooodad only b«aaaaa Mw aaa worked ugtebii If ovary aaa bad been free to da I bat wMeh !»■■■< rlgfcl aad inadlaat la Ma own «aa, aa tftoaid aM bo wafkiag far writer now. ■aaaaatrartiaa Id aa aaaa aa I» dlildwl pribhte tka η to war. aad If aa laateTaaoa bakavlng MM M · tea aad Igneeiag plain Rat if wo hatojethrr an·! nt r, tocvthtr a little while, us w* did ■' war, not for profit bot tu ιν· <·" praeioaa tkliu, wr tha 11 sprndily "n« that moat of 01» probl«-r»» havi· «o'.v ed tbemtelrea and thvr·· will tx* rv ■och thine aa the hurh cokt of '>" inC> Hoovor waa ri*ht when h" ran that Êaropt mart go to work 0 atarve; the «am· i· true of 1». t every man will att ont HeliburaÎvl/ ί< do lua (hart In prodorlng all thn> h< and hi* with to eonaanr. not in mom · bat In gnod* aueh at food. A'.Wbt eaal, ho a tea. or tha matirrtal I»lf and transportation nvewitarily in vehrtd hi their production, ill will b. wail If wo will net do (hit, th.i in ^fte of aU>#fi ·» Orto."'··1 ·*' who hart moamtd. wt hav h>.4 ih· war. Rtmtaabor Roatla - ( oui tr; Gentleman RUVBT Ο» BOIX WRRVn. mmTATiox ixiMNRmi Ratal·h. lio*. 11.—At praaont the hall wear II Infaatation M North Car oltaa la aealaad lo Colaaibnt, Brunt wMh aa4 Now H too Tar eoantlaa. ear» IL W ittbr, aaalttaat eatoatr>i»airi of tha Vlata tH partaient of Ajrteat tara. fallowing tit emaplatlan of the nrrtr af toaatlaa aorta of thea· three aitt darlai tha pott «oak. The eoaatiea af Reader. 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I . • . ι .. «.r*· *· ·»* :»r··* ...nu; 4a; *·!.ί · •î.»"»· j , *i * >· .»' ion»·. «· . y c -}j wt *J ο» ·ί· λ 'λ.- » · ·., « iî /αγ'.γ.· ·. i m woj ·» /. ··<» ··. / !v ·..» I >i)ii Î * · · · t. ^ «B.« Il L . » . > > U» iî| ÎH I l< · ·· ,i: t I ι.· V C·#.· -1/ · '·. 'Mil" ! "-ATI/· J ·· ". Hi'.î·*! ΓΛΙΙ. ι * I .· ; ·.««.> r. (ΐο FRWIN CHAPEL » t* J. W. Avory ii vUitinff at "c 1 * thli «rrrk. V'c arr vi ry ifla'i to know I-alloy ' " I tr improving. miik Marjmrc' Bryan of Ro^ky Κ - ii* ι·* v'r'tii»-,; h*» *lst»r. Mr*. R. I. F..nl l> S. Willif ird of S*<np»on uw • :V« <wtlon SJ:»nil"*\ Mr. ιιιι.Ι V.r» R. L. Uyr4 anil ill"» •.r;»act fif/ai. η c jdcaaant <al'cr« <1 »h- hum - of Mi.· Mary Jobnwr >'d. ·. 'JVMKAP· .«Jn~r --d l*ora John -or,. ■*i>· a p'inle ivt Sunday arhool ■*i »·. *nti:rdj/ j'turDOOB. V-v r»i IPr. Jnh· ion will prcacb at knug'i (Jiwprl sui.day at 11 o'clock ! ·<· t\ .1 «'tin >. j Coot*. "" ··* »·'ι1 1»·· t Box Party at >t»ir t O.ipci *».day n>ubt. Novm < r 2' K> · ryb » » invited. !|ar Fatal Oéariidn. ■ft' lit he.! M d h»r and pr»··» I ■ι ' «et·.· rh''k 'kT,lrat bia and patud Kit'., :oi. .H Λ ahn drrw back •i<i ««hod htm ' nrn 4r yea ahavo youraaH?" "Tfc», fcï rçplird. ·" tn.-"tV. !*>." du nald. "Y oar aew I* lk<i r mgrx Λ 1 βνητ—" I. s a*r >tupp<-d. but It W*J tao i·.-. «nd h' want aaray with a lamp η hi' thraat. LitU» Idea» err uaaally aiprvaatd big war4( LIVE STOCK SALE At Auction | Friday, November 28th, 1919 10 O'clock a. m. at my home FALCON, N. C. On the above date 1 will offer for tale at auc- { tion the following live stock: F our thoroughbred Duroc Jersey Boar· ready for service. Abo one gilt. One Duroc Jersey bred Sow. One very fine Duroc Jersey herd Boar. Four 3-month· old Duroc Jeraey Pigs. Two Duroc Jeraey Grade Sow· and Pigs. Two Milch Cows, both will soon be fresh. Also two Heifers. J One Good Plug Mule. w » Will Mil fore·* or bankable no*. MEV. H. H. GOPF, FALCON, North CovoBm j I Tested 250,000 Miles Three-Point Cantilever Springs Greatest Improvement Gince - Pneumatic Tires OVERLAND 4 has been put through the moit thorough and severe test possible. 250,000 miles of mountain trails, desert sand, heat, cold, mud and dust, demon strated the quality of every part of the car long before we began manufacturing. Tht^nef&a^able test showed conclusively Jtfleyer 8pcing», exclu They protect the car from road shocks and prolong the life of every part. - They enable the wheels to hold /| better to the road· They give "J.X greater comfort under all road condition*. They do away almost entirely with side ■way and rebound which twist and rack the car. Diagonal attachment of the Three-Point Springv at both ends of a 130-inch Spring base give· the steadiness and smooth riding of the heavy car of long wheel base. —Bqntpmcnt is complet· fem AutotÂtr ,^ Starting and Lighting System to Marshall Divan Spring Upholstery. Come in and see rhis car. Ask for Booklet. Overland 4 Touring, $845; Roaci st ct, $84$; Coupe, SU2S; Sedan, $1375; Price» L o. b. Toledo.
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