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^J^*UJMEJCXXII--NUMBTO^ . ■ • LAUKINBURQ, N. C.. TUB8DAY, OCTOBER 22. 1814. ^_
CHECK FLASHEHCAUGHT
NEAR IERE SATURDAY
Yoang White Man Falla Over th Financial Cliff Here Satnrday.
Flaahcd a Check for S3L50)a Epatein’a Department
Store, and Now Lied* Jail Awaiting
Criminal Wrt
Walter McGirt, a young white
man who says he la from Hoke
county, is an inmate of Scotland
county jail la default uf a $800
bond, which waa required of him
in 'Squire 8. W. Covington’s
court Tuesday because there waa
enough evidence to suspect him
of being guilty of cheek flashing
aa charged in $e biU of indict
ment.
Saturday afternoon McGirt,
claiming to be James Blackburn,
offered himself ss a customer si
Epstein’s Department Stan and
within a abort time had selected!
a suit of clothes which he agreed
to purchase. In payment for Hie
clothes be offered a chock made
payable to Janes Blackburn and
signed by the Wagram Mercan
tile Co , of Wagram. for fSLSO,
He told Mr. Epstein, with whom
be was trading, that the check
waa for a bale of cotton he had
. sold them. Mr. Epstein became
suspicious, and befon complet
ing the deal called the Wagram
Mercantile Co., by ’pbooe. Ha
was not at first able to get tbs
connection,! and while waiting
McGrit took immediate leave of
the store without clothes or
check. When the Wagram Mer
cantile Co. waa flsaS/ common!
, eetsd with, the information mbm
that they knew nothing of Black
burn and bad bought no cotton
him about a mile out on the road 11
toward Wagram. When arrest
ed, he said in response to the 1
questioning of the officer that bit 1
came wss James Blackburn, bat
that ha knew nothing of the
forgery. Ha was brought to 1
Lsurinborg and placed in jail.
Tuesday moaning be was given '
s hearing before 'Squire 8. W.
Covtngtoh and bound over to 8u- 1
penor court in tbs sum of ISOO.
MeGirt took the stand In the
magistrate's court and said that 1
Sis warn* was not Blackburn, bat 1
MeGirt, and that another young
man, whoa hi named, but said
he did not know, was tha forger
and not ha.
M If M.
’ Wa were vary much die tressed
Saturday afternoon to learn that
our good friend. Mr. Louis P.
Gibson, of Elmore, bad sugared
the misfortune to have bis right
hand badly lacerated by a gin
aw at tha Elmore Gin Com
Tues
ftngere
the am*
more of them
in the dty Set
have the in
dressed. -
II OfTUUST
T»ki HI with Will Uu It
| S«IM Ml II Will It Ml..
l great deal more fuse than
wa neceaaary haa bam made
ovf the pitiful ooodition of the
poC fanner, who la holding his
coton. chewing hie tobaaoc and
leu&ingjtt the frantic efforts
tbspolltidans are making to save
hio. The various plana that have
bast put forward for the rescue
of he former from eternal ruin,
hss frightened capital, and well
nigh destroyed hosinees. It is
simitjr hysteria paused by the
war. Man have lost their heads
and their reason and have mad*
direfil prediction* of wo* and
ruin. Th*(br*thr*n who are look
ing cut far political jobs have
been foremost In their efforts to
safeguard the horny-handed til
ler of the aoiL The tender solic
itude of these gentlemen forth#
aforesaid tiller has bean heart
randiajg. They want the State
to do everything, forgetting that
nil tbair lives they h ive preached
the docrine to those same people
that the State .could do nothing,
tad that “those arc governed
best who are governed least" A
very astute ana intelligent ob
Mrver of current events, deplor
ing thejxderoalisna^advocated by
Irled herring and all kindred
wmmodiUee, all hands would be
pappy for a while at lout. Hys
teria caused by over-woqked pa
ternalism i« the present trouble.
Somebody is sowing a big crop of i
political dragon’s teeth that will
probably puncture three later i
We are glad to see bright iadi- ,
rations of returning reason. The (
Mecklenburg gentlemen who
wanted the Governor to call an |
extra nesdon of Mia Legislature j
that has airendy aaan extra aar- '
vice, are now gfcufc no donbt,
that Governor Craig had sense
enough not to head their request. '
We have never bed any aeriooa
emergency in the cotton situa
tion. rho war that‘suddenly
bunt upon the world did demor
alise the markets for a time, but
Europe is spinning cotton right
along and will need more this
year than aver before because of
the a^r. Soldiers chew as much
tobaeeo ss spy other dan, if not
a little more, and so the tobaeeo
crop will fetch a good price.
Within 90 days time everything
will be going on the name as if
tbs Germans ware building bat
tlashipa instead of using them,
and all tile “pleas" that have
bean put forth at great labor add
muefi burning of the midnight
oil, will be in the air; Cotton
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I WHAT A BCY COSTS.
So you are twenty-one.
And you stand up clear-eyed,elear-minded, to ionk all
the world squarely in the lace, /on are a man !
Did you ever think, son, how n-jeh it has cost to make
a man out of >ou ?
Some one has figured up the oet in money of reerings
child. He say* to bring up a youig man to legal age, ears
for him and educate him. costs 05,000, which is e lot of
money to pat into flash and blood
But that Isn’t all. '
You here cost your father maiy handknoeks and abort
dinners and grey streaks In fcb lair;.and, your mother—
oh. boy, you will never know I 'Yea have cost her days
and nights of anxiety and wrinkles In her dear fans, and
haartaehas nod ■aerifies.
It hat beta expensive to grow you r but—
If you are what wa think yea are, yea are worth all
your cost—and much, much more. J
Be sure of this : White father <fces not nay much bat
“Hello, son,” way down deap tnJiMtoagh. staunch heart
ha thinks youare the finest ever; and an far the tittle
mother, she simply eannot keep bar love and pride for yon
oat of her eyes. Yea are a man now.
And soma time you mnsi w.P into your father’s shoes.
He wouldn’t like you to call oftn old. but Just the same ha
isn’t as young as ha oasd to be. /Von sea, young man, he
has been working pretty hard Tc)* more than twenty years
to help you up l and already your mother Is beginning to
lean on you. ' 1
Doesn't that sober you, twenty-one T
Your father baa done fairly weei. bat you can do better.
You may not think so, but ha dohs. He has given you •
better chance than ha had. In tnany ways yyu can begin
whore he left off. He expeeta a i jcood deal from you. and
that is why he has triad to makie a man of yon. Don't
flinch, boy! • _ ’
The world will try yon oat. wiH put to test every
fibre in you; bat you are imade oifc good stuff. Onoe the
load is fairly strapped on your shtWders, you will carry it
and soareely feel it—if only the1,!* be the wHUag and
Cheerful mi ad. All hail you on tk ^threshold!
. It's high time you are p pay the freight: ]
. tad your back debts to ypuf mother. You will j
'<p«u*ecnuft.'*on*tiyoa. " J
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X MAN I
-Selected.
From Sanfi *rm.
In bad’s Gr jve. N. C., Oct 19.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Norton
pent last Sunday in Hamlet
Mr. Boyd Smith, of near Gib.
on. became a member of the W.
). W. last Friday night
Mr. Caroline Brown and Meter,
dim Mattie, of Meaon Croae. via.
ted in this section last Saturday
md Sunday.
MMa Irene Jackson delightfully
mtertained a number of bar
Friends at a singing last 8atar>
lay evening.
Mr. Daniel C. McPhail went
rlaltiag in Moore county latt Sat
urday, returning first of this
seek.
Messrs. Earl and Sidney Kelly,
af Hamlet wet* in this commu
nity Mat Saturday night
Prof. J. A. Hornaday and
Miasm Mary and Lucy Snead,
and Misses Bernice Hornaday
and Sunie Bella Jones attended
the los cream supper at Laurel
Hill Mat Friday night
Mr. J. A. Patterson, of Rse
ford, was a Sneed’s Grove visitor
last Sunday.
Mr. Walter Boweit, of near
Max too, apeat Mat Sunday in oar
»*det » ,
IT* •ifwin
The many friends of Mr. Dow
gild Stewart. Jr., will be glad tc
kaow thgt be is recovering frora
Mm effects of ad operation which
be underwent Borne days ago la a
Baltimore hospital. Dr. McLean,
who psiompetilid Mb to Baiti
M JiB !■ Fire. !
n Alexander Carter, an aged 1
i man. wu brought ham '
tear Hoffman Saturday and
I in the county jaiL Until
rementa could bn made to
F him to tha Bute Asylum
m Insane. 8anday after
— - . m ligh'.ed a match and act
a7 » the bed clothing in bin
exdtatf ueiag quite a good deal of
nent for a ebnrt while. Aa
to btef" , the bed clothing began
**,!* 1 Wr Mkm- **» “*•
7*^*“* he stifling smoke, began
keeper,., and noon brought the jsil
w**° the
mornln# Bff McLaurin left Monday
h Vitb him and placed
| at Satefa^.^ hospital for the taeane
TharvMd At tan u Matt.
t*’®1'* a oorotnoo Baying that
F*®t« two things that ara ab>
*•• etrtahi-' daalh and tax
MORE ABOUT THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
The Thicd Amendment Om of Great Importance—Out of 2,100
Bilb Introduced in 1900. 1,800 Won of the Bow Dp*
Variety—1M Trptolotare Hon OppnHwhy
ot Root Prapuehioea, v*
All AM « On.
Two D« TM WwWigr Mw,
Rlf^M RPw
Soma time ego Charlie Wil
liams, colored, who then Hved ie
VyUUaasaoa township, later mor
(ag to Marlboro county, 800th
Carollne, aold to Plane Pate, also
colored, a bound dog far the
princely ana of *12.60 (thie wae
after the dog market weatap.)
Pate broaght the dog home with
him, hot the amroandtags not
being suited to hie peculiar dog
ship, he. without doe and pauper
notice, left aader the cover of
night and returned to his faraasr
home. WitHams, it Is said, said
the deg again, this time to Rob
ert E. Gibeon, a white eitiaea.
Gibeon finding times rather doH,
sold the ’ possum chaser to Shell
Ingram, colored. la the mean
white Pate had missed hie dog
and instituted a search far thh
valuable animal lor which nc neo
paid the priee of a half a bale of
cotion aad following up the ehaia
of aalee and raealea be got all
muddled up and couldn't figure
out who the Jog really hthepf
to. He nought legal advice from
one -whh eould figure oa a prob
lem in which a 912.50 bound that
had been cold and resold eozneay
time* and baa ran away from
ooe owner. would»re* cvcrwtjl
to. Aoooam.k' «ng«.
on the matter* ne appealed t»
Squire Heery D. Gibeen, of Gib
eon. and laying the ease oa thii
limb of the law. aaeuraa a wrn
of claim aad delivery for the deg.
The papers ware tented oyer
to Deputy Sheriff Lamar Smith
and—(wait a minute, let* eee
who owned him last)—the officer
went to Ingram’* homo and by
the authority vested in him artL
whereas, ha bora papan com*
maodtar him to taka tbe body of
One 112.60 hound Into hie pomee
oioaand mtfaly keep until tin
law doth dispose, eeised the sab
bit Jumper aad brought how
with Mm this mudt sought doi
* many aaa aneansnan own*™. ,
In eon unction with this we era
reminded of another dog story ia
which a couple of oar ioeai sports.
MTsral of BiOy Gifford's Min*
■tral maids and a bu» pap be
longing to the show figured, that
ia, this was the oast Is a one net
running comedy that was pulled
off instead of a matinee Monday
afternoon.
For farther Information salt
“Mm Mf i. t •
Billy ‘‘Sinks'’ Clifford and his
(lastrsl Mass wars tbs sttras
loa at tbs local pin boon Mob*
lay sight. It was a largo sad
vail ptoaeod crowd that granted
The only dlsappointmsr* was
a Billy Moasstf. It was aaw
rally sxpsctsd that he would as1
tbs grsatsst woight is tbs pro
tection, but h« Ml short of tbs
rsqulrsiasat ’Tloaiesl” Walk
•r bon tbs hroat sf tbs eomsd>
nndacquittal Massif ta and
pi castes maaasr, wMls Mbs
Hates Cbrk Hi sons sfagteg
Editor Exchamob :
During the excitement owr the
cotton eltuatioo wot North Car
olina ahould not overtook the in*. •
portanee of the propoood amend
ment* to oar Btato Cooetitution.
to bo voted oa la tho November
election*. For mart are have
boon working tor amt of theta
amendmenta, and aoer that pah
cjf'S
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B
oat of th* hand* of the LeglaJa
handooftfteoouaty BiMmItoioa
uKw, at aaoo uua introduced in
the Tnfiaiatnra rrrtr 1,800 acre
of joetauchanatare. Fromthia.
one ni raadfly ana the import- •
aaee of thi* amendment. After
ip adoption jroor repraaantafloe
can five hie time to the eon aid- .
oration of the WHe of Importance,
and thee wo will cot aoaaa Bound,
wail dictated leva ae gaeecel
oubjeete. Per jpeaaai lewa here
of aaoaaelty boae-peaoad in a
j imme - _>-'*jlt being wnelhb
iSs^to^t •«&*«** -
peOptGi oy Ml OIWIJB uirem
your LogUlatyro of thin trouble*
■nmo tad time-kildog kind of
letbktion. Tokolt toyoarooBa
ty cotnmlotioom. wbo are eon*
verannt with nH the fact*, and
wbo are in nondon practically all
the time, and than yoo will get
the eery bent rewrite and free
your Legialatore to give yoo a
law wall coaoldarad. naeaooary
lawn of Btatm-wWrappMeaHon.
The flat and aaeood^ amend
total materially, a yoo eaa aao
from reading Clarence Poe'aar
ttoto in teat weok*e Bzchicgil If
i _ >■ k aJ_
absolutely »fa la voting for thi
mpMMTT ifltn itr-OarCoo
•tilutlon hu needed re vltion for
JOKATBAM FKL&
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Manager Jordan, of tha Qta
Theatrt, ha* turned Ida popular
place over to (he young ladiea of
the city aehoola agaie. for totnor- v
roar night A good percentage
of tha racelpU wOl ha given to
the fund thaw young Indie* are
raking for the purpaea of bento'
Iff jlfLM ftkr jArgil gNillA
Uffinf mBKmiivimM
Bmmber ttet tfi tomorr**,
Friday night and If you want to
help than* young ladka in thk ,
»*tS tha Gem. Aa a apednl ta
daaomeit Manager Jordan will
bagta tha thrfNag aerial ptotant
; ' Tha Perth of PaaQne.” IWt
i adaa It ■