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VOLUME XXXIII - NUMBER 20.
LAURINBURG. N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915.
$1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
SHALL LAURINBURG BE
IN THE NEW LEAGUE ?
MUST RESPECT OUR RIGHTS.
SO SAYS UNCLE SAM TO GERMANY.
Proposition to Form Caceball League of Six Towns Fayetteville,
Uaeford, Parkton, Maxton, Red Springs and Laurin
burg May Form the League Meeting Called
Tomorrow Night to Decide.
There i a movement under way
for the organization of a six-team
taseba!l league in this neck of
the wood, and it is possible that
plans will materialize and there
will be a' season of first-class
baseball hereabouts for the rum
rnrr. Thp new orjrpization is hpine
iT,r''d y Dr. D. P. Shaw, of
Frvettoville, fv 1 the towns rim-p-rd
r: re F-velTPville. Roe f .
P -.rkton, M-txton, Rvl S',:,ri;"'2?
and Laurinburg.
Mr. A. F. Pino
"Department of State, , ready taken occasion to inform
"Washington, D. C, j the Imperial German Government
"May 13, 1015. jtnat it cannot admit the adoption
"The Secretary cf State to the i of such measures or such a warn
American Ambassador at Ber- ?ng of danger to operate as in
lin: j-any degree an abbreviation of
"Please call on the Minister of j the rights of American shipmas-
.. .. . foreign Affairs, ana alter rew-; u?rs or ot American citizens
There is something exceedingly ingt0 him thig communication, j hound on lawful errands as pas
ascinating about Scotland coun-1 Jeave wkh him a copy , ,engtfS Qn merchant gbjps of bel.
ty. ine peop.e, the fine farms, : TIME F0R AN understanding, j hgerent nationality; and that it
the good roads and above ad the j ..In view of reCent acts of the ! .nun hold the Imperial German
' K h " lw """ : German authorities in violation ; 'Government to a strict accounta-
uctogoto the truth ox the; of American rights on the high jollity for anv infrineemeet of
in the j tose rights, intentional or inci-
sinkir.g of ib: cental. It does not understand
arr er JLusiiania -or- ie irr. penal German Govern-
GRADED SCHOOL ELECTION
CARRIES BY LARGE MAJORITY
Sandhills.
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Proposition to Increase Graded School Tax Receives Almost Unan
imous Approval of People Only Three Voted "No."
Laurinburg to Have School in Keeping With
its Progress 109 Votes Cast.
WORK OF TERRIBLE TORNADO.
Great Destruction Wrought by Wi.ii
Storm Details of Damage.
The following account of th;
terrible tornado that swept over
portions of Marlboro county two
It takes but nine words zvl
one breath to express the active
opposition that developed to th
i proposition of increasing the gra
ded schuol tax in this distric: in
the election hell Tuesday.
For this flection 12.. peo;.v
had ro-isterel. Ooe hur,dr-.-d'
weeks ago, is taken from the j and nhp r.:
current, issue of tlie Pee Dee Ad
en?-
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1915, by which o.e
t to ion those rights,
sumes, on the contrary that
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""a me in thpe d'orc-iosis,
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notice from thc- j
iring to know if
come in on tko
t:- 'wi!
has receiver
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Ir-rrii-.h.iri.r wi
dr-rJ.
TI'ip o?lv t';!' 'omc proToi
t': m h'-foTP Lnu'-i'iborg at thi:--t'roo
v;oo!d ho to pr.clrso the
P'ovmds and pnt th.em in firsr
c1k:s shnpe. To do tViis it will
require aboiit ?."00. With a.n en
closed ground L:urinburg can
and will put out a team that will
make any other town in the pro
posed league scuffle for rupiem
acy. What will the citizens of Lau
rinburg do toward making this
necessary preparation ? This is
the first question to answer, and
every lover of the sport -who is
interested in seeing Laurinburg
have a baseball park, a good
team, and about two good games
, per week forjthe balance of the
summer,- Jvited to meet the
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&ri7jL' this movement at
the court house tomorrow night
at 8:15 o'clock to talk over the
situation and see what can be
done to this end.
; hundred American citizens i: , '
'their lives, it is clearly wise and i the Imperial German Government
! desirable that the rovernment of! ..f us nf nr.ur th. rn!,- thvt
HV?Hd n h! tf sunli!ht:a!the United States and the Im-! ;he" lives of' non-combatants
r;r:oon ot snver m tr.e mooniicrnt; v, i r-i- - ,i.-i , ' -r-u, 1
, ' . penal (government snouHl co - o v.iiether they be o
the leaves ru-,t:e sottlv in the.,. i .1 .- .n ' --
vhich has ever visited
swept across
Pee Dee riv
he most destructive tornado
vlarlboro
the county from!
r to nar North I co
"irg a
houid
i oi:;ot branches unread
At our ;
to a clear and full understate.
situ;-;.: ton v;
;t tno giapsi-:-, witn Outtercuj;s,
from.
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s and violets peepn:g tbere-
O youth! O life! How
neutr.u citi
of one of the
i ! nations at war, cannot lawfully
j or rightfully pit in jeopardy
sinking 01 tne Jtiritisn ' y iue cauan-e or uestruciiun yi
Falaba by ain unarmed merchantman 2nd
nne last
Jbriti'iy a iter
1 of .i"v tho;; art.
re-.u-intr ti e dear old Ex
CIIA:-.'h: recto iy wp were mighty
soi ry nor to 1 anything about
the Spring Hid Hi h School com
mencement. I vvondet is it he-
has resulted.
"The sink
pessenrer steamer
German suV-marine 01
2Sth, thi
Thrather,
noon about V o'clock. Four peo- j
pie lobt cheir lives in this county,
1. ar
)h' number 00. Iy
1 i-pi?:ion fiat Launn
icutional r ogress
glee ted.
tv not votirg were of
orded o;-poc,:d to ihe
:iod the three wh-i t x
to .-"elves r:t f ; -. . -
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were injured, some
01
hundreds
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h rch
which Leon C
on American cimon
was drowned; the auack f
23th on the American
Gushing by a German aeror)lane;
there do not appreciate a e-cod-the torpedoing on May 1st, of
thing in their rnidst or just gen- the American vessel Gukiight by j br.nrt of war under a neutral flag.
erai nmiaity. ! a German submarine, as a result SUBMARINE ATTACKS INHUMAN
fnivLl of which two cr more American
iul year, guided by the strong . . , . , , ,
and masterful hand of Prof. cltlzens their death; and,
Erwin Carothers, and his two as- finally, the torpedoing and sink-
sistants, Miss Watson and Miss ing of the steamship Lusitania,
Bryant. The literary address constitute a series of events
r;aT9.dlM!r: ? K I which the government of the
ui ijuinuei it was a penecL
gc-
tho
i April
vessel
cause those good people over
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gmze 2. iso, as all otner na
s do, the obligation to t? k c
esoal precau'.ion or vi-ii and
'-ch to ascertain whether a
.'uspected merchantman is in
) ot of belligerent nationality or
is in fact eairving non-contra-
tii
scores
them aenousiy, ana
ret. do ted homeless.
The dead are Miss Inez Tatt,
aged 15, and Paul Tart age 4.
both children of Wesley Tart, oa
id. K. Matheson's place; a two;UP'
weeks old infant of Caleb Bracy,
colored, in J. K.
place; and Collins Johnson,
colored inmate of the
home.
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no votf -.1 r-gMiv.-rt
would li.;:ve c-.. a
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" 'The Government of the United
States, therefore, desires to call
the attention of the Imperial
German Government with the
utmost earnestness to the fact
that the objection to their present
'em of eloquence and food for United States has observed with j method of attack against the
houcrht. while hp didn't rpnpt growing concern, distress. andArade of their enemies lies in the
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M-'o i ana ooi
! blown down at Mr. Matheson's.
Bracey, colored, wai killed nr.d
The storm crossed Pea Dee ! hi3 wife's leg was broken. Eliza-
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cuuniy i ine tvo wetKS
any dreams of his friends, which i amazement.
isn't necessary to entertain' the ' are SUCH THINGS SANCTIONED
fcananiii digestion, his speecni
was running overrwith practical
"Recalling the,if -neSnH 9ni
MURDERED OYER MULE.
lightened ffudJ-h; thJT ) IArli
j BUIIIcU Uj imyciiai mail 1 if if " "
Government in matters of inter-tVAfnodern opinion regards
Negroes Disagree About Mules They Plow
and Qn is Vurdered.
In our last issue we carried an
announcement that one negro
had killed another just before we
went to press. At that time the
particulars were not available.
According to the story told by
those who witnessed the tragedy.
it appears that Joe Evans, Jr.,
and Ed Campbell, two young
colored men who worked on Mr.
H. O. Covington's farm had some
disagreement about the mules
they used in their work. This
disagreement led to the killing.
Evan3 was using the mule that
Campbell claimed as his and de
manded that Evans discontinue
his work and turn the mule over to
him. According to the tsstimony,
Evans agreed to do this as soon
as he finished the work he was
doing. Angered because Evans
did not comply with his request
forthwith Campbell grappled
with him in his efforts to force
him to surrender the animal.
Evans, so say the witnesses, left
Campbell and started toward his
house. Campbell then threw a
brick at him and following him
hit him over the head with his
pistol and then shot him. The
bullet passed entirely throngh his
head and produced death within
a short time.
Campbell immediately left for
parts unknown and at this writ
ing is still at large.
Coroner Jordan summoned a
jury and held an inquest, the
verdict of the jury holding Camp
bell responsible for the death.
suggestions, that if carried out
will be a great heMto the State
Dr. Livingston Johnston
preached the baccalaureate ser-i national right, and particularly
mon and I saw more than one of ; with rd to th freedom of
the old boys with whom he 1 Al . . , , L
used to go in swimming in the ' the seas; havmg learned to recog-
"old Lumbee", pull out their nize the German views and the
handkerchiefs, when he touched i German influence on the field of
on a few things in his sermon to j international obligation as always
the school that they had left un- j engaged upon the side of justice
done in the past. C - j j
We take off our hats in honor and humanity; and havmg under
and appreciation of the work j stood the instruction of the Im
done by the teachers in Scotland, j perial German Government to its
The schools have made wonder- j navai commanders to be upon the
ful progress all over the county. , f humane action
Mr. Martin Monroe and sister -. , , , ,
Miss Flom snent a few davs with prescribed by the naval codes of
iraetical impossibility of employ-
ng submarines in the destruction
Jxierv-wi thout disregard-
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men
river diagonally about a mile
above the old Society Hill bridge,
and as far as the eye can see
across the river there is a lane of
broken off trees through the
wilderness, about 200 yards wide.
The first building it struck in
bsth White, Mary McDaniel,
Belton McDaniel, and his little
boy were all painfully hurt.' The
stock escaped serious injury, ex
cept one horse's leg was broken.
AT T. E. M'CALL'S PLACE.
Sweeping across the head of
Marlboro county was a tenant Matheson's mill pond, the tor
honsp on G. W. Freeman's Butler inado leveled Shiloh .church and
school house to the rpjjad f jy-k
blew
Mrs. R. N Monroe last wceK
Ke said that we people who live
in Scotland couldn't appreciate
the fact enough. Mr. Archie
1V,TT onrtlilJn nf 1 onrintinriT onant !
last Fridav with "old friends" in iso aDsolutely contrary to the
the vicinitv Moving to town ! rules, the practices, and the spirit
other nations, the government of
the United States was loath to
believe it cannot now bring
itself to believe that these acts,
as im
perative. It is practically impos
sible for the officers of a subma
rine to visit a merchantman at
sea and examine her papers and
cargo. It is practically impossi
ble for them to make a prize of
her; and, if they can not put a
prize crew on board of her, they
cannot sink her without leaving
her crew and all on board of her
to the mercy of the sea in her
small boats. These facts it is
understood the Imperial German
Government frankly admit We
are informed that in the instances
of which we have spoken time
enough for even that poor meas
ure of safety was not given, and
place, occupied by Piamp Wil
liams, colored. The house was
i-wvEoletely. demolished, ieaving j church afa v - S-r
nothing'buv ine nf. - viiiiams ( went just' behis-a --r II
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apwn many 1:
certainly didn't affect him in the
least, "just the same perpetual
boy."
Chickens and eggs are on a
boom. J certainlydo enjoy hear
ing the ladies fuss over whose
rooster has the "reddest comb."
The suffrage question will die
down now until the hens quit
laying.
The cotton acreage was cut
about twenty-five per cent in the
Sandhills and the guano bill about
half.
I heard one "old negro" say,
that he won't "gonna" use any
guano at all this year. He was
going to trust the Lord. I told
him that was a good idea, I didn't
see how he could trust his crop.
Mac, you may tell all the
"boys" who are worrying over
the fact of wmether or not Presi
dent Andrew Johnson had a col
lege degree, to cease their trou
bles, that his heirs have a pedi
gree and they can't deny that.
It's a fine thing for "Old North
Carolina" to have men like Bro.
Harry North in it. We all enjoy
reading his pieces on things per
taining to life. Believe me ,
after that one last week there
will be lots of pianos and organs
dusted up ' 'ready for the tax
lister."
There is just one thing more
that 1 want to say. "Boys", we
have got to stand by our editor.
He is certainly putting in some
good time for old Scotland.
in at least two of the cases cited,
of modern warfare, could have 1 not so much as a warning was
the countenance or sanction of
that great government. It feels
it to be its duty, therefore, to
address the Imperial German
Government concerning them
with the utmost frankness and
in the .earnest hope that it is not
mistaken in expecting action on
the part of the Imperial German
Government which will correct
the unfortunate impressions
which have been created and
vindicate once more the position
of that government with regard
to the sacred freedom of the
seas.
NO RIGHTS ARE SURRENDERED.
' 'The government of the United
States has been apprised that the
Imperial German Government
considered themselves to be
obliged by the extraordinary cir
cumstances of the present war
and the measures adopted by
their adversaries in seeking to
cut Germany off from all com
merce, to adopt methods of re
taliation which go beyond the
ordinary methods of warfare at
sea, in the proclamation of a wai
zone from which they havt
warned neutral ships to keep
away. This government has alj
received. Manifestly, subma
rines cannot be used against
merchantmen, as the last few'
weeks have shown, without an
inevitable violation of many
sacred principles of justice and
humanity.
GOVERNMENT TO UPHOLD RIGHTS.
"American citizens act within
their indisputable rights in tak
ing their ships and in traveling
wherever their legitimate busi
ness calls them upon the high
seas, and exercise those rights in
what should be the well-justified
confidence that their lives will
not be endangered by acts done
in clear violation of universally
acknowledged international obli
gations, and certainly in the con
fidence that their own govern
ment will sustain them in the
exercise of their rights.
NEWSPAPER WARNING IRREGULAR
"There was recently published
in the newspapers of thi United
States, I regret to inform the Im
perial German Government, s
formal waraing, purporting to
come from the Imperial German
Embassy at Washington, ad
dressed to the people of the
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and his family of seven were in
it and none of them were hurt.
The next building blown down
was a vacant house on W. M.
Smith's river place.
The tornado continued through
the swamp, twisting off the trees
in its path, and struck J. Ken
neth Matheson's mill pond and
his residence and settlement just
north of the pond. Here the
greatest loss of life was wrought.
The residence of J. Wesley Tart,
Mr. Matheson's overseer, was de
molished. Mr. and Mrs. Tart
and their eight children were in
the house. There was a heavy
sweep of wind, a crash, and the
house wa3 gone in a minute or
less. Mr. Tart's first impulse
was to look for his family. He
first saw two or three of the
children unhurt. He then found
his wife half buried in the debris
and badly hurt. He pulled her
out and then discovered a ten
penny nail stuck through his arm
with a piece of scantling hanging
to it, and pulled it out. He had
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not discovered before that he
was hurt. He found all the chil
dren in the debris but two. A
search revealed the body of his
16-year-old daughter Inez, in the
woods about fifty yards trom tne
house, and that of his 4-year-old
son, Paul, over 100 yards from
the house. There were appa
rently no wounds on their bodies,
and they must have died from
internal injuries. Mr. Tarts
daughter Genie was seriously
hurt, and his daughter Alice less
severely. They were all taken
to the Bennettsville sanitarium,
where they are doing well.
J. K. Matheson's residence was
wrecked. It was completely un
roofed, and the walls of only two
rooms left standing. Mr. Mathe
son's family escaped injury.
Several tenant houses, barns,
stables, tobacco barns, etc., were
Henagan house. A stable build
ing in the rear of the premises
was moved several feet from its
foundation.
Mr. McCall's Stewart place was
the next settlement in the tor
nado's path, and here great de
struction was wrought. The gin
house, cotton house, barns, stalls
and several tenant houses Were
completely demolished, and the
planks, tin covering, etc., scat
tesed for miles across the fields
and swamp. Dolly Johnson, a
colored woman, was caught un
der falling timbers and several
bones in her body broken. She
was thought to be fatally injured
but now seems to be improving.
Margaret Williams' jaw bone
was broken in two or three
places. Several other negroes
were more or less injured. A.
pile of corn was left on the floor
of a barn which was blown down,
but a great deal of the corn was
scattered for hundreds- of yards
across the fields, with the shucks.
and grains partly blown off the
ears. Mr. McCall had a big lot
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of fodder and hay in the barn,
but was not able to find any f it
after the stornu Most of the
clothing and furniture in the
tenant houses had also djap
peared. The stable3 were blown
from over the mules without
seriously injuring them. A cow
got her horns knocked of
Mr. McCall's overseer, W.
Frank Taylor, had gotten wet and
was in the house changing his
clothes when the tornado 3truck
it. His wife and daughter at
tempted to close the front door-
He went to their assistance,, and
they all could not shut the door.
The wind subsided in a minute,
and it was found that all the
roof was gone, and only two or
three rooms left standing. Mr.
Taylor was struck in the head
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