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12. 1 7? if far Tic VOLUME XXXII -NUMBER 27 LAUKINBURG, N. C THURSDAY. JULY ?, 1914. $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY Social Enjoyment in the Good Old Summer Time at Hasty Personal and Social Notes from Johns Lightning Burns Ginnery- Club Meeting and Social Happenings . at Wagram Gibson Notes. Hasty, N. C. June 29, 1914 Miss Minnie Nicholson, from Mullins, S. C, has been spending fome time with Mrs. D. A. Ha3ty. Misses Inez McCormick and Eugenia Cassidey, of Laurin i urg, passed through our town Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Tom Hastv went over to McColl. S. C, Wednesday on a pleasure trip. Quite a large crowd attended the "singing" last Sunday night wpp k at the home of Mr. Laurin McQueen. Miss Maude L. Hasty, from Whiteville, N. C, is spending several weeks with her cousin, Miss Eupha Hasty. Mr. Ben Webb, of Clarkton, N. C, spent from Saturday until Sunrlay with home folks. - Mr. Hugh McLaurin. of Clio. S. C. ; Miss Minnie Nicholson, of Mullins, S C. and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hasty made an automobile trip up to Kinston, N. C. last Friday week, returning last Wed nesday. They visited Misses Glennie and Sallie Kendall. Quite a number of the young people from Johns came over to play "rook" with their friends. Misses Eupha and Mauds Hasty, last Tuesday niglu week. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCormick spent Tuesday evening with their sister, Mrs. J. R. Hasty. Mr. Theodore Gurganious is spending his vacation at his home, Ivanhoe, N. C. : also some time at Wrightsville Beach. Mr. Jame3 Hasty, of Dillon, S. "Q., spent Sunday in Hasty. Hej was accompanied home"" by bis cousins, Messrs. Colin A. Ha?ty and Guilbert Jones, to spend sev eral days. Messrs. Luther Ray and Dan Stewart, of Johns, spent Sunday in Hasty with friends. The "singing" the past Sunday night at the home of Miss Marga ret Webb was greatly enjoyed, with several visitors Dr. Spen cer Wright, of McColl, S. C, Miss Maude Hasty and Messrs. Laurence Wright and Clarence Gibson, of Gibson, N. C. etteville, Clara Worth of Guilford College, and Alline Parks of At lanta, Ga., were the week-end guests of Mrs. J. T. John. Miss Clara Jones is spending a few days in Fayetteville. Mr. Thos. G. Hasty spent Wed nesday on his farm near Lumber Bridge. Mr. Hugh McLaurin, Miss Nicholson and Mrs. D. A. Hasty drove throuerh the countrv to KinstOii in Mr. McLaurin's car to the home of Mr. E. H. Kendall, i They report the roads fine. Very glad to hear Mr. Kendall is still improving in health. JCHNS, N. C, June 29, 1914. During the electric storm Thursday night lightning set fire to the ginnery of the Scotland Supply Co., the loss being about $4.C00, partially covered by in surance. It will be rebuilt for the fall business. The ginnery at the Johns Wa ter Mill will be in operation for the fall crop. This ginnery was destroyed by fire in the early fall, too late to b(f rebuilt in time for the last year's crop. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McLau rin returned Monday from their bridal tour- We all wish them much happiness on the sea of life together. Mrs. McLaurin was Miss Lillian Hammond, of Co lumbia, S. C. We were pained to learn of the death of Mrs. Coppage, which oc curred last Tuesday morning. The body was carried to lied Springs for burial. Mrs. Cop page was the mother of Mrs. John T. McNeil. A noble wo man gone, another vacant chair. 'Tis hard to know the ways di rected by Him who is too wise to err. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. John and little Miss Alice leave next Thursday on the Gattis tour through Canada and Niaerara Falls, returning by New York City and Washington. They will be away about three weeks. Rev. and Mrs. Dixon were pleasant callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Overstreet re cently. The home of Mr. R. E. Burns was visited by the stork Wednes day and a fine boy was left with them. Still our town grows. The committee, M.Alex. Jones, J. T. John and Rev. Mr. Hum ble, awarded the church contract to Messrs. McCallum & Benson of McColl, S. C. These contract ors have a good reputation, hav ing done considerable building through this section. The con tract price is around $5,000. Misses Margaret John ot Fay- Wagram, N. C, June 29. On Tuesday afternoon, the 23d, Misses Janet and Mary Patterson Livingston were most charming hostesses to the M. A. Cs. Dainty hand-painted score cards were distributed and an intensely exciting game of progressive an agrams at four tables was played. A count was taken and Miss Ella Alderman haying made the high est score won a lovely hand-embroidered handkerchief, the con solation going to Miss Caro Mae McNeill. Following the game the host esses served delicious refresh ments consisting of a salad and an ice course. The entire house was beautiful in potted plants, daisies and sweet peas. The guests of the club were Misses Effie Cooley, Mattie and Sallie Livingston. , Miss Annie La'iira McDougaM of Laurinburg is visiting Mrs. W. N. Peden. The beautiful residence of Mr. J. R. Bundy, which will 'soon be ready for occupancy, adds much to Church street's appearance. On Tuesday evening Miss Mae Shaw entertained at rook in hon or of her house guest, Miss Erni- i ly Everett of Maxton. The Misses Alderman had as their guests one day last week Miss Eugenia Wilson and Mr. Clarkson of Maxton, Miss Bonnie McBryde, Mr. Bert Nisbet and Mr. Bill Heins of Raeford. Miss Bessie Crump has just re turned from a visit to friends in Rockingham. ' A crowd of young people en joyed a most pleasant evening at the home of Mrs. N. A. McKay on Friday. v - Little Miss Dorothy Alderman entertained the Busy Bees on the lawn at her home on Wednesday afternoon. After the program had been carried out games were' played and frozen punch and wa fers were served. STATE NEWS Winston-Salem last week voted to issue $460,000 in bonds to eliect various public improvements. The State Bar Association held its annual meeting at Wngnts ville Beach Monday, Tuesday sr.d Wednesday ot this week. Vital statistics show that hirihs and deaths in the city of rialeign balanced each other during tne month of May, there being 5 ol rach. The $12,000 home of Richard Jennings, near Asheville, was de stroyed by fire, caused by light ning, last Thursday. Daring "the same storm several cows and horses were killed. Seven children at the Odd Fol lows Orphanage at Goldsboro wpre bitten bv a mad cat last week and are undergoing the Pasteur treatment in R:ait.h. It is thought all will recover. Fire in .the Guilford Hotel at Greensboro, June 28, caused met death of H. J. Collum, a travel ing man from Philadelphia. He W3S suffocated, and several others were injured by jumping trun windows. The city of Zacatecas, Mexico, was captured by the rebels, June 24, after hard fighting. Villa lost 2,000 soldiers ; the Huerta losses are not known, but are be lieved to have exceeded the rebel fatalities. The North Carolina 'Jewelers' annual convention was held in Asheville last week, and the fol lowing officers wrere elected for the ensuing year: Frank M. Jolly, Raleigh, president; Charles E. Henderson, Asheville, vice presi dent; W. B. Morris, Gastonia, sec retary and treasurer. Durham was chosen as the place for cue 1915 meeting. The State Democratic Execu tive Committee has decided that no hoic for congressional pom'-A nee whs matte m&T&ffc vvJV mary in the Third CongressraKfo--'0 District, and has ordered that a new primary be held in July. The contest will be between George E. Hcod and Charles R Thomas. J. R. Collie, of Louis- burg, was elected secretary GENERAL NEWS. Statewide prohibition became ltective in West Virginia at midnight of June 30. Senor Rojas, minister from veneZueia to the United States, died of heart disease at Atlantic ' i'y. June 26. One death from bubonic plague burred in New Orleans June 28, and one new case was discovered the same day. The body of Weston Burwell U rative of North Carolina) was recovered in Mexico last week. He was recently robbed and mur dered by Huerta's soldiers. Salem, Mass , was visited hy a disastrous fire June 25. Four Ives were lost and 18,000 per sons were rendered homeless. Monetary losses $12,000,000, with insurance of $10,000,000. Seven deaths, scores of injured, crop damage amounting to many thousands of dollars were caused an electrical and wind storm that swept Minnesota and Wis consin June 25. Highwaymen killed two clerks of t he Fordney Lumber Company t Laurel, Miss., June 27, stole tie weekly pay-roll money amounting to $2,200, and escaped. Ten deaths from heat in 24 hours and twenty prostrations, was the record at midnight June 27, in St. Louis. The maximum temperature on the highest build ing in the city at midnight was 90 degrees. Two brutes one white; the other black hafi a prize fight in Paris last Saturday night for big stakes, and the black brute won. The black brute's name is John son, who is both famous and in famous in this country. BONUS OFFER IN CONTEST TO LAST ONE MORE WEEK Also Double Votes Givn for Everything Turned in During the Coming Week Bonus Offers Causing Great Activity On the Part of Contestants - Now is the Time For All to Get Busy. . Model Pharmacy Opens. The Model Pharmacy, Laurin burg's new drug store and, with out doubt, one of the finest equip ped in any of the medium-size towns in North Carolina, opened for business on Tuesday. The store was tastily arranged and with its handsome new equipment housed, as it is, in one of the nicest store buildings in the city, reflected great credit not only upon Mr. A. H. James, the man aging owner, but upon Laurin burg. Mr. James deserves high commendation for the up-to-the-minute enterprise he has shown in. perfecting and executing the plans for this elegant store. The Exchange wishes for Mr. James and this-new enterprise an abundant success. Mr. Propst, of Charlotte, who wijl have charge of the prescrip tion department, has arrived in the city and enteied upon his duties. Death of Mrs. J. W. Baldwin. On account of many of the con testants getting a late start, our bonus offer, announced last week, will be continued for another week, ending on July 7th at 6 o'clock. And, in addition to this, double votes will be given for everything turned in during this same period. Instead of receiv ing the number of votes listed under "Schedule of Votes", for each dollar sent in, contestants will be credited with twice the number, and for every club of Ten Dollars ($10) turned in be fore the 7th, 40.000 bcnu3 votes will be given; so now is the time to secure every available sub scription, as the prizes will go to the workers, and you should ex ert every effort to secure all the subscriptions and other work pos- ! sible during this extraordinary offer, as it will positively close on the 7th, after which the regular scale of votes will go into' effect. This is positively the last offer we will give during the contest and one which every contestant a period of about three years, the, past two months of which have been quite serious, Mrs. Maggie Baldwin, wife of Mr. J. W. Bald win, passed into the higher life last Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the familv home on Middleton The recent capture ot bantiago Heights, de Esquintlas, in the territory of Tepic, Mexico, by Constitutor -alist troops resulted in the hang ing of 50 Federal soldiers and rt"shizers. The executions w . . . ' tBjgpbGen-a.-wnim gi&.tn command, iY - 11 Archduke Francis Fredinand, heir .to the throneof -Austria-: angary, and the Duchess of Hohenberg, his morganatic wife, 5: ere shot to death Sunday, June 2S. in Sarayevo, Bosnia, by an the committee to succeed Walter 13-year-old student named Prin- Gibson, N. C, June 30, 1914. Crop3 in this section are fine. All old cotton is doing extra well, while the. young cotton is being cleaned and put in shape for growing. The'Seasoi.s have been fine. Corn is good. What few cantaloupes planted are extra well fruited, but prospects are that low prices will prevail, as Polly Peele has planted some. The school agitation that went on for so long between the Gibson and Brownsville communities has resulted in good, a3 both are now preparing lor first-cla3s schools. Gibson is erecting a two-story brick building on the four-acre lot near the Pate crossroads, and the school will open September 7, with four teachers, each a specialist. The school grounds are large, high, sandy, self drained and perfectly located for sewerage sytem, which will be installed at once. This school will have its own waterworks and sewerage system. A dia mond has been made and tennis courts are being laid off. The Brownsville people- have employ ed some good teachers, arranged for an eight-months term and are erecting a large, commodious school house near Mr. Elijah Gibson's residence. They will have a fine school, When these two schools get under way, Wil liamson Township will have fine school facilities that is, the most populous part of the township will! Agitation often does good. E. Brock, and Thomas D. War ren was re-elected chairman. Cleveland county voted Jur 27 to issue $80,000 bonds to in crease its railroad facilities. Forty thousand dollars goes to Pied mont & Northern lines to take the Interurban through Cleveland via Kings Mountain and Shelby from Gastonia. The other $40, -000 will be added to the $80000 voted by townships of upper Cleveland for a railroad line from Shelby to Casar, a distance of 20 miles. This gives a total of $160,000 bonds to be issued by the county for railroads. The State Department of Insu rance is after the Elkmont Park Co., of Knoville Tenn., for the violation of the North Carolina "Blue Sky law." This is the company that has been offering free lots to patrons of moving picture shows lately and then charging the patrons who get the lots $7.50 for issuing the papers, this being shown to be an enor mous piviit on the land actually deeded, ihe company having paid $4.50 per acre and divided this into 25-fooi iots, so that $7 50 per lotfor execu ;.ig the deed to the "gift" represents over 800 per cent profit. Furthermore, the property is represented by those who have investigated to be mountainous and really worth ess. . The State Dental Society held its annual session at Henderson ville last week. The following officers were elected: Dr. J. A. Sinclair, of Asheville, president" Dr. R. T. Gallerger. of Washing! ton, N. C, first vice president Dr. W. F. Nichel, of Henderson ville, second vice president; Dr. R. M. Morrow, of Burlington treasurer; Dr. J. A. McClung, of Winston-Salem, essayist; Dr. R, M. Squires, of Wake Forest, sec retary. Drs. J. N. Johnson, of Goldsboro, and C. A. Thompson, of Raleigh, whose terms expire this year on the State Board of Dental Examiners, were re-elected to succeed themselves. For next year's meeting place, Wrightsville Beach was first choice, provided satisfactory rates can be obtained, with Ral eigh as secoid choice. Mrs. Baldwin, who was in her 58th year, was a woman of the finest character, and her passing removes one of the truest and best of Laurinburg's women. She is survived lver h-h' ;j03Uhters, ! j i I I i i reaciiaui, renie narr, ,e7ar should take advantage of. If you have not already entered our Voting Contest, you should i.ot wait a minute longer butenu-r now in order to secure the extra votes offered this week. Our beautiful $750 Player is ex hibited at Uncle Noah Fields' Ice Cream Parlor, where it is being admired by everyone: and the second prize, a diamond ring, and third and fourth, a handsome watch and bracelet, are at Mr. McCall's Jewelry Store. All of these prizes are worth working Jfor, and they -might as welljbe U i-i. Tl S jLVtiur' vi am a. HanL ; vFiSlr- ii We feel sure fhj p, who declared his deed was lused bv nationalist motives. ,'rior to Prinzip's fatal shots an iccomplice threw bombs at the Crural niinlo Vvit tViA wnnnrlprl imly followers of the archduke. ! The assassins are in prison. British police and militia seem unable to cope with the militant suffragettes. Last Saturday the determined sisters circumvented the police and bombarded King George and Queen Mary with leaf lets at the entrance to Hyde Park. A bundle of the papers struck the King's hat and knock ed it sideways, whiie the Queen's parasol caught another shower of pamphlets. Two women were seized by the police and carried away struggling violently. Women suffragists represent ing 38 States descended upon the capitol in Washing ton last Satur day seeking support from Con gressmen of all political faiths. Vice President Marshall "hedged" on the question ; Sec retary Bryan escaped, but Speak er Clark encouraged them by de claring that "woman suffrage is as inevitable as the rising of to morrow's sun." Senator Over man presented two suffrage pe titions in the Senate, one from Charlotte and the other from Chapel Hill. Physicians have advised Col. Theodore Roosevelt to take com plete rest for four month on ac count of malaria absorbed in his system during his South Ameri can trip They declare that un less he follows their advice he may never recover his, lull strength and that his mental vigor may become impaired. The doughty Colonel thinks the doc tors regard his malady too se riously and he will tste 6nly a partial rest. - Dr. Joseph H. Foy, at one time a school teacher in Lenoir boun ty and who is said to be a double of Andrew Carnegie in physical appearance, has been placed upon the pension roll of the Carnegie fund, whereby.he will receive $50 a month the remainder of his life. Dr. Foy has been teaching for 50 years, and among his pupils in North Carolina he Jiad Josephus Daniels and Charles B. Aycock. ris, Sue Brinson ancnVill Living ston, of Laurinburg. and Mrs. Skinner, of Montgomery county; and three sons, Messrs. Horner, of Laurinburg, John W., of Lar kin, Fla.. and W. J., of Panama City, Fla. The funeral and burial took place at the City Cemetery Tues day afternoon at 4 o'clock, the funeral being conducted by Rev. R. F. Bumpas, pastor of the j MissEmmaNealCovington 21, Methodist church. M:s3 Eugenia Cassidey 272, Mrs. Lamar Smith We feel sure that witn ah i u juuui-tuitiiia j UU ( arm f ncip uui- win auiiietiiing, so &r urge you, for your own sake, to make a thorough canvass of the entire territoiy, not overlooking anyone, and to secure every avail able subscription to The Ex change. Standing of contestants LAUPINBURG. Death of Mrs. Ssndy Dsaton. After an illness lasting about three weeks, Mrs. Minnie Deaton, the young wife of Mr. Sandy DeatGn, a prosperous farmer of Stewartsville township, died last Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock. Mrs. Deaton, who was a daugh ter of Mr. Alex. Russell, was but 27 years old and because of her youth her taking away is made doubly sad. She leaves her hus band and four children, one of which is but a week old. The funeral and burial took place at the City Cemetery Sunday after noon, the funeral being conduct ed by Rev. R. F. Bumpas, of the Laurinburg Methodist church. The pall-hearers were Messrs. Jbhn Wright, A. Williams, Brant ley Muse, G. W. Lee, Jess Austin ann IraCurrie: ) ... ; Captain Paylor Hurt. Capt. J. M. Paylor, the popular conductor on the Laurinburg & Southern, happened to quite a painful and near-serious accident early Tuesday morning. While the train was at the old Floradora guano plant Captain Paylor, who was raking' trash out of a box car with his loot, tripped on a nail and stepped into a hole in floor of the car. This threw him and he fell out of the car on his right arm, severely spraining it. For tunately no bones were broken, and the many friends of Captain Paylor are Hoping for him a quick recovery from the shock and sore ness caused by his fall, y 'john D. Rockefeller has given $2, 500,-000-more-to- the Rockefel ler Institute for Medical Re search. This brings the oil king's gifts to the institute up to $9, 000,000. Volcanic eruptions and earth quakes on the island of Sumatra, June 26, killed and injured many persons and did great damage to property. 500 600 100.000 Miss Laura Wall Everett 336,700 Miss Olivia Russell 41,500 Miss Irene Sanford 90,000 Miss Ida Wilkes SD.rro Violet Elizabeth Jordan 98! 000 Miss Myrtle Harris 102,000 Miss Hattie Wall Bryant 90,000 EAST LAURINBURG. Miss Myrtle Willoughby 82, 250 Miss Sadie Thompson . 75,000 LAURINBURG, R. F. D. NO. 1. Miss Alma Lytch 110.000 LAURINBURG, R. F. D. NO. 2. Miss Bessie Muse 80,800 Miss Marie Monroe 94,250 Miss Mary McFadyen 80,000 LAURINBURG. R. F. D Miss Gussie Jones 3. LAURINBURG, R. Miss Myra Jordan NO. 62,000 F. D. NO. 4. 81.600 WAGRAM. Miss Jeanette Johnson 51,970 Miss Lola Thrower 200,000 Miss Mary Buie 34,650 GIBSON, n. c. Miss Bernice Wright 95,600 Miss Anna Gibson 108,500 GIESON, N. C, R. F. D. NO. 1. " Miss Sadie McColman 270,250 GIBSON, N. C., R. F. D. NO. 2. Mrs F. D. Gibson. '94,500 JOHN, N. C. Miss Janie Stewart. 104,000 HASTY. Miss Kalola Baker 106,600 Miss Hattie Jones 29,500 m'coll, s. c. Miss Mary Parker 128,000 ELMORE, N. C. Miss Hattie Threadgill 112,500 Miss Lucy Snead 100,000 x t The N. Y. Journal of Com merce on June 30 reported that the cotton crop in North Carolina had advanced 1.6 points in June, it now standing at 81. St
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