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VOLUME XXXII-NUMBER 30
LAURINBURG, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914.
$1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
WITH OUR CORRESPONDENTS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
News Items of Interest as Recorded by Correspondents at Wagram,
Laurel Hill and Rachels Dr. Livingston Johnson Vis
iting Old Home Laying-By Time Here New
Store Building at Laurel Hill.
Wagram, July 21.
Mrs. Alexander McKenzie and
little son, Master Duncan, of
Chadbourn, after an' extended
visit to relatives in this communi
ty left last Monday for their
home at Chadbourn.
Rev. Mr. Boggs, traveling rep
resentative of The Presbyterian
Standard, preached an instruc
tive and interesting sermon in
the Presbyterian church at Wa
gram last Sunday afternoon.
Rev. W. B. Sherwood, pastor
of the Baptist church at Dillon,
S. C, was a recent visitor in the
community.
The families of Messrs. D. S.
Alderman and W. G. Buie have
returned from a month's outing
at Jackson Springs, which they
greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. G. W. Goodwyn and
daughter, Miss Annie, and Miss
Anna Stewart of Laurinburg
spent a few days recently, in the
community, the guests of the
Misses Bullard.
Master Aleck McKenzie of
Chadbourn is visiting at the home
of his grandmother, Mrs. M. A.
McMillan.
Dr. Livingston Johnson of
Kaleigh is spending a few days
in this, his old home community.
Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Goode
and daughter, little Miss Elaine,
returned last Monday from Aber
deen, where, on Sunday, Mr.
Goode filled his first appoint
ment as pastor of the Baptist
church. He will preach three
Sundays in the month at Spring
Hill.
Miss Kate Campbell Johnson,
who assisted Prof. Hagedorn,
director of music in the summer
school at Chapel Hill, arrived last
Tuesday and joined the family
who are occupying "the louse
that Jack built."
Mrs. D. W. L. Smith and two
little boys, Daniel White andHin
son, returned last Monday from a
visit to relatives at Monroe.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Living
ston recently visited relatives at
Parkton.
Miss Celeste Ogburn, a bright
and attractive young lady of
Winston-Salem, who had been for
several days visiting at the home
Mr. R. E. Cooley, left for her
home last Tuesday.
Rachels, N. C., July 22.
Miss Georgia Shoaf of Paw
Creek, who has been spending
some time at the home of Mr.
Tim Rachels returned home Mon
day. Miss May Furgers'n, of Jack
son Springs, is spending some
time with Miss Alma Chance.
Mr. Sandy Cur-ne's was. the
scene of a delightful social gath
ering Saturday evening. Ice
cream and lemonade were served
as refreshments, and everybody
had a gala time. The occasion
was in honor of their guests,
Messrs. Finch Thomas and Tony
Graham and Misses Blanche and
Agnes Graham, of Jackson
Springs.
Rev. Mr. Parker is being as
sisted in a series of meetings here
this week by Rev. V. McRae of
Maxton.
Miss Alma Chance gave a sing
ing to her friends Sunday even
ing. There were quite a number
present and the evening was
pleasantly spent.
The crops for the most part
are good in this section, and all
ploughing is about through.
"Good old lay-by time" is here
and the people are taking a rest
and going to meeting.
Laurel Hill, N. C. July 21.
Mr. Edward Newman and wife
of Sampson county are the guests
of Mrs. Newman's aunt, Mrs. T.
K. Farmer.
Miss Rosa Giles of Anderson is
visiting friends here, and near
here this week. (
We are glad to note that Mr.
J. T. Flythe has sufficiently re
covered to again take up his
work.
Miss Mary Woodard was the
guest of Miss Ethel O'Brien Sun-
daRev. I. N. Clegg visited his
parents at Carthage the past
week.
Rev. McL McDonald of Car
thage, who is spending a short
while with his friends here, oc
cupied the pulpit at the Ida Mill
church Sunday.
Mrs. J. L. Hargrave and chil
dren are visiting in Rockingham.
Laurel Hill is to have two new
homes soon. Watch Laurel Hill
grow.
The new store building for the
Laurel Hill Machine Co. is near
ing completion.
Who is Edward Adshaw ?
.Chief of Police Hubbard on
Monday received a telegram from
Brooklyn, N. Y., signed by an
officer of a detective bureau in
that city, asking him to notify
the relatives of Edward Adshaw
that he was in a Brooklyn hospi
tal in serious condition from a
pistol shot wound.
No such person is known to
any of Laurinburg's citizens, so
far as inquiries have resulted.
The name suggested others whose
name sounded similar, but all
those suggested were found to be
at home and doing well. Up to
this time the matter is still en
shrouded in mystery. The Brook
lyn office has been notified that
no such party is known here and
no one can be found to notify.
It is presumed that there was
an error in sending the message
to Laurinburg. The telegram
follows :
Chief Police,
Laurinburg, N. C:
Notify relatives of Edward Adshaw,
Box 21, your city, in serious condition
from pistol shot wound at Holy Family
Hospi tal. Faurat,
Inspector Commanding Detective Bu
reau. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 20.
Wii! Make Ruling.
The matter between the Sea
board Air Line and the Laurin
burg & Southern Railroads, wThich
is a controversy regarding the in
stallation of an interlocking
switch at the point where the
Laurinburg & Southern crosses
the Sf aboard tracks, was heard,
as stated wrould be in our last
issue, by the Corporation Com
mission. A ruling inthe matter has not
been made, but Chairman Travis,
who, together with his family,
is on a vacation at Morehead
City, has the papers with him
and will make up the ruling
while there.
The Laurinburg & Southern
was represented in the hearing
by G. B. Patterson of Maxton
and Winston & Biggs of Raleigh,
the Seaboard's case being pre
sented by R. C. Lawrence and
Murray Allen.
Robeson's Resolutions.
Later news, gleaned from The
Robesonian, indicates that the
meeting at Lumberton last Sat
urday was productive of some
resolutions that are likely to cre
ate talk outside as well as within
Robeson county.
Rigid economy in county man
agement was the theme of the
first resolution adopted, and then
came one favoring abolishing the
offices of county treasurer rural
policemen "and any other unnec
essary offices, or of combining
them with some other salaried
office." The third resolution de
clares "We are in favor of a re
duction of the salaries of our
county officers so as to place said
salaries more nearly on an equal
ity with the salaries and incomes
of those who pay them and with
the salaries paid by our national
and State governments and by
other enterprises for services just
as arduous and responsible; this
to apply to offices both elective
and appointive." Nos. 4 and 5
are against Legislative lobbying
and favorable to commission form
of county government. The re
maining resolutions recommend
that free labor on county roads
be discontinued; that primary for
county be used; that county solic
itors and recorders be paid fixed
salary only.
Bubonic plague continues to de
velop in New Orleans, the eighth
case being found July 20.
Seaboard Wins Over Anti-Saloon League.
. The Seaboard Railroad won out
m buperior Court in Raleigh last
week when Judge Bond decided
m its favor in the case of State
fs. Seaboard Air Line, involying
the right of railroad companies to
refuse to submit their books on
delivery of intoxicating liquors to
inspection of citizens generally
on demand as provided for in the
otate statutes providing machin
ery for the enforcement of the
prohibition law.
The Seaboard had been indict
ed for refusal to allow Superii
tendent R. L. Davis of the State
Anti-Saloon League to inspect
the records of deliveries at the
freight depot at Raleigh, .counsel
or the Seaboard contending that
co do so would violate regulations
for interstate commerce and that
these had precedence over any
btate statute.
Judge Bond examined only one
witness, Superintendent Davis,
of the Anti-Saloon League, and
heard the contention of the
Seaboard counsel that the" com
pany was ready at all tim' s to
submit to any examination by a
duly accredited officer of the law
as to any specific deliveries, but
that under the interstate statutes.
its books could not be opened to
citizens generally for any and all
sorts 01 examinations.
The State and Anti-Saloon
League gave notice of appeal and
the case now goes to the Supreme
Court of the 'State and will most
probably go on up to the United
States Supreme Court before the
matter is finally settled.
Bascom Weill In Vaudeville.
Mr. Bascom Weill, who sells
mules here in the fall and spring,
and plays baseball in the summer
and at times has the distinction
of being appointed umpire when
the locals are playing, has brok
en into the national game in
South Carolina and is tdoing the
receiving for the Gaffney team.
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Robbed Pate's Store, Now in Jan.
About three weeks ago, thieves
entered the store of Mr. Z. V.
Pate at Laurel Hill, and two of
the men accused of the crime.
James McKenzie and Ed Salters,
both colored, are in Scotland jail
awaiting trial before the superior
court. .
The robbery was reported im
mediately, and the following
day Deputy Sheriff Smith and
Mr. White Odom, a salesman for
Mr. Pate, set out to search for
them. In Hamlet two negroes
who had been in the store the
night of the robbery were found
by these gentlemen and identi
fied by Mr. Odom. While
questioning the negroes, one of
them slipped the officers and got
away. The remaining negro de
clared he had spent the night in
Rockingham, but an investigation
revealed the fact that he was
lying and he was brought to Lau
rinburg and placed in jail.
McKenzie, the negro who gave
the officers the dodge in Hamlet,
went to Bennettsville and in
company with a Bennettsville
negro, on to Marlboro, where
they hid a suitcase in a nearby
swamp. They were discovered
hiding the suit case, and the party
watching them afterwards re
covered the goods, which were
identified as goods stolen from
Mr. Pate's store. McKenzie
went from Bennettsville to
Drake, where he was later arrest
ed and brought to Laurinburg.
The two were given a hearing
in the Recorder's court Friday
and bound over under $200 bond
to the Superior Court.
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Needle In Her Back.
Little Miss Lena, the four-year-old
daughter of Mr. Thad
E. Stubbs of Bennettsville, lies in
the James Sanatorium here with
a needle embeded somewhere in
her back.
Little Miss Stubbs, who was
lying on the floor at her father's
home playing with a kitten, sud- j Elides doing the catching, he
denly jumped up and jaih tneWrs to be furnishing the
kitten had scratchad her. An Vney.-fans with such a high
investigation wwaled that atifMe of humorous pen that
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BIG BONUS OFFER
GOOD ANOTHER WEEK
Contestants Workin? Hard as Contest Nears Close-Only Three
Weeks Remain in Which to Work-Miss Stewart
won special rnze Last Week Now
the Time to Help Friends.
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needle had pierced the girl 'in 1n
back and had entered so faf that
her aunt, who wras with her,
could not get a sufficient hold to
pull it out and within a short
time it had disappeared in the
flesh.
The criild in company with Mr.
J. C. Hubbard, her father and
aunt came immediately to Laurin
burg where the child was placed
! in the James Sanatorium for an
x-ray examination and operation.
The x-ray photograph showed
the needle resting in the flesh
near the backbone, but an oper
ation failed to secure the needle,
which had moved in the" mean
time to some other part of the
body, as it is said a needle in the
flesh moves with every move
ment of the tissue in which it is
embedded. The-little lady is do
ing as well as could be expected,
but the needle has not been re
moved or located at this writing.
A Close Race.
Our friend Shelton Monroe tells
the following joke on the Scotch :
"Not long ago two men were
telling yarns, and one of them
said that he witnessed a horse
race on a certain occasion, and it
was some race. The horses came
under the wire neck and neck.
Just as the horses reached the
wire, one ran his tongue out and
won the race by a tongue's length.
The second party remarked :
"Well, that is some close race,
but you don't ,know anything
about a real close rac. I have
lived among the Scotch of Scot
land county for ten years, and
that's the closest race I ever saw
or heard tell of."
tney are advertising the games
as baseball and vaudeville
combined. ' A dodger advertising
one of the games has fallen into
the hands of this writer and we
are reproducing same for the
benefit of Bascom's Laurinburg
friends. The heading reads:
"Baseball and Vaudeville."
The following remarks regard
ing the team form a part of the
dodger: "Gaffney sure has
some ball team now, the best
in the league. If you don't be
lieve it, come out this afternoon
and watch them beat Spartan
burg again. They say of that fel
low Dagenhardt, who will pitch
for Gaffney this afternoon, that
"It's one up, one down; two up,
two down; third man up awfully
sick, whiff, down and out."
That little, big catcher, Weill,
besides being some catcher,
starts the vaudeville act. Four
men wind him up just before the
game starts and from that time
on he keeps you laughing.
Space will not permit us to tell
you about the other good players,
however four negroes and -a mule
have been hired to go after balls
when they come to the bat.
Wagramites Give Fish Fry.
On the banks of the J.umbee
river about two miles above Gil
christ's Bridge, Dr. W. G. Shaw
ai d Mr. D. L. McLauchlin of Wa
gram entertained a party of ten
or twelve of their friends at a
mammoth fish fry last Friday
evening. Th'ose who attended
report the occasion one of the
finest of its kind ever pulled off
in Scotland county.
Every preparation for tjie com
fort and pleasure of the invited
guests was made. Fish and corn
bread cooked to please th most
exacting taste, black coffee, ci
gars and ginger ale made up the
menu.
Fifty - seven pounds of the
choicest fish in the river had been
caught by Messrs.. McQueen and
McCallum of Maxton for the oc
casion, and these and the bread
(made from the real home
ground meal) were cooked and
the coffee made on the picnic
grounds.
The festivities, that is the eat
iner, began about 8 o'clock and at
10 not an ounce of the 57 pounds
of fish remained.
With the appetites whetted to
the breaking point, the party be
gan to make wagers as to who
could eat the greatest amount of
the tempting layout, and accord
ing to reports received (and con
sidered reliable), Dr. W. G. Shaw
carried off the honors. His record
was 3 pounds of fish, one-half
peck of meal (corn bread) 'and one
half-gallon black coffee. Dr.
ShawT only won the honor by a
close margin. Messrs. D. S. Al
derman, J. P. -Shaw, Dan Shaw
and W. H. Cox were close in be
hind him with records that would
make any of the big eaters green
with envy.
It was a royal occasion and
Messrs. Shaw and Cox, who rep
resented Laurinburg, say that
they have never had such an eve
ning of unalloyed joy.
Many contestants took advant
age of the big bonus offer last
week and went to work in ear
nest, securing several thousand
additional votes.
The bonus offer announced last
week will be continued another
week. Fifty thousand bonus
votes for every club of $30 turn
ed in. You must work now and
not keep putting it off until some
one else gets ahead of you.
MISS STEWART WINS 'SPECIAL '
PRIZE.
Miss Janie Stewart was given
the box of Whitman's Sampler
donated by Mr. Noah Fields to
the contestant turning in the
largest amount last week, and
we wish to thank, Mr. Fields for
his generosity.
Standing of contestants
LAURINBURG.
Miss'EmmaNeal Covington 21,500
Miss Eugenia Cassidey 445,600
Mrs. Lamar Smith 135,000
Miss Laura Wall Everett 416,700
Miss Irene Sanford 93,000
Violet Elizabeth Jordan 258,000
Miss Hattie Wall Bryant 190,000
EAST LAURINBURG.
Miss Sadie Thompson
. LAURINBURG, R.
Miss Alma Lvtch
LAURINBURG, R.
Miss Bessie Muse
Miss Marie Monroe
Miss Mary McFadyen
75,000
F. D. NO. 1.
390,000
F. D. NO. 2.
190,800
LAURINBURG, R. F.
Miss Gussie Jones
D.
Miss Boyce Undergoes Operation.
The many Laurinburg friends
of Miss Mary Boyce will be inter
ested in the following, which we
clip from the Charlotte News of
Monday :
Miss Mary Boyce of Due West,
S. C, who underwent a minor
operation at the Charlotte Sana
torium a few days ago, has re
turned to her home. . Her friends
will be glad to know that she has
recovered completely.
Death of a Child.
Friday last death entered the
home of Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Grif
fin and claimed for its-victim
i their four-months-old son. The
stricken parents carried the body
of the little one to Wingate where
it was buried Saturday.
Aaron Dupree Captured.
Aaron Dupree, col., the man
who murdered Mr. Mack Brown
of Red Springs at Dundarrach
last December, was captured by
Sheriff McGeachy and Deputy
Monoghan at Beard Station Wed
nesday night of last week. It
has been thought for some time
that Dupree was captured and
lynched immediately after the
killing.
Later A later report says that
the negro arrested in Cumberland
county and thought to be the
murderer of Mr. Mack Brown, is
not Aaron Dupree, the negro
wanted.
. It is reported that Gov. Blease,
intends to empty the South Car
olina penitentiary by Aug.. 1 and
turn it into a hospital. Maybe
so; and maybe only the talk of
his enemies. Both sides are giv
en to extravagant statements.
I he Governor has freed 1,200
convicts in the three and a half
years he has been in office.
. We regret very much to chron
icle the illness of Mr. H. W. Mal
low. Mr. Malloy has been very
seriously ill for several days, but
at this, time is somewhat im
proved.
Cantaloupes and Watermelons.
The bulk of Scotland's canta
loupe crop has been gathered and
shippecjL Shipments are still be
ing made, but the rush is over,
and never has Scotland county
produced such a fine variety and
such richly flavored 'lopes as the
crop of 1914 proved to be. Cer
tainly we have never produced
any better. The yield has been
far above what was expected
three weeks ago, and while the
prices have not been fancy, the
large yield has made the crbp a
profitable one. We hope to give
some definite figures in our next
issue as to the number of crates
shipped and their value.
Watermelon shipments began
this week, and like the canta
loupes the quality is fine and the
flavor delicious, but prices are
very unsatisractory. ai mis
writing the price ranges from $40
to $60 per car, and this for the
choice melons. The melon crop
like the cantaloupe crop is earlier
than usual and our crop of melons
is going on the market with the
South Carolina and Georgia mel
ons. The three crops combined
have "flooded the market and
caused a depression in prices.
Heretofore our melons have been
getting to market after the South
Carolina and Georgia shipments,
and consequently have brought a
more attractive price. Scotland's
acreage in watermelons is not as
large as usual and the low prices
will not be as hurtful as a low
price on cantaloupes would have
proven.
Pony Contest Standing
The standing of the ten high
est contestants in the Pony Con
test this week is:
T. B. Carpenter 430,100
Ferris Cole 280,770
Ora Lane 229,860
Lee Tucker 202,85u
Francis Marion Hubbard 179,395
Charlie Prince 156.250
Edgar Harris 128,385
Lewis Grubbs 116,860
Jack Epstein 63,930
Jewell Whitaker 39,835
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LAURINBURG, R. F. D.
Miss Myra Jordan
WAGRAM.
Miss Jear.ette Johnson
Miss Lola Thrower
Miss Mary Buie
GIBSON, N. c.
Miss Bernice Wright
Miss Anna Gibson
GIBSON, N. C., R. F. D.
Miss Sadie McCoIman
GIBSON, N. C., R. F. D.
Mrs. F. D. Gibson
JOHN, N. a.
Miss Janie Stewart
HASTY.
Miss Kalola Baker
Miss Hattie Jones
m'coll, s. c.
Miss Mary Parker
ELMORE, N. C.
Miss Hattie Threadgill
Miss Lucy Snead
97,250
180,750
NO. 3.
300,000
NO. 4.
339,600
51,970
260,000
34,650
95.600
108,500
NO. 1.
450,250
NO. 2.
134,000
464,000
186,600
29,500
210,000
152,500
145,000
To Leave Laurinburg,
The Exchange finds it a most
unpleasant duty to make the an
nouncement that Mr. L. A. Tatum
and his good family are to leave
Laurinburg.
Mr. Tatum some years ago
served the Dillon Cotton Mill as
secretary but resigned to return
to Laurinburg. Another call for
him came from the management
of the mill, and, having accepted
the work, for the past two weeks
he has been in that town.
Laurinburg hates to give up
any good citizens, and to have
such enterprising and valued ones
as Mr. Tatum leave brings a
general regret.
Mr. Tatum will not move his
family away until the-fall.
Duncan Carter Escapes.
Scotland county officers were
notified by State authorities Tues
day that Duncan Carter, sent up
from Scotland last December to
serve a term ' of two years for
manslaughter, had escaped from
the State prison at Tillery.,
Young Carter, it will be'recall
ed, shot and killed his father last
fall. The killing occurred at the
family home near Old Hundred,
and followed what the family
said was a severe abusing which
the father ,had given the son.
Mr. Carter is now 20 years of
age and had served nearly eight
months of his sentence. A - re
ward of $25 is offered for his cap
ture. i: '
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