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VOLUME XXXIII - NUMBER 33.
LAURINBURG. N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1915.
$1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
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CITY SCHOOLS TO OPEN ! THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE HAMLET AND RAEFQRD
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 . TO MEET IN LAURINBURG
Laiirinhurf and Fast T.aurinhurep. Graded Schools Will ODen for
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Fall Term Soon Faculty Selected and Announced Com
pulsory School Law Becomes Effective Opening Day.
New System as to the Purchasing of Books.
The public schools of Launn
burg will open Monday, Sept. b
1:15. All pupils are asked to
meet the teachers of their respec
tive grades for classification and
the assignment of recitations at
9 a. m. on this date.
The Suite law, which requires
the attendance of all children be
tween the ages of eight and
twelve for four months of the
year, will go into effect on the
above date.
A cash payment for all books
so id or rented by the school will
be required upon delivery of
book?, and no books will be de
livered otherwise. A list of the
in-oks needed in each grade the
lirst day of school will be publish
ed in a later issue of this paper.
Individual book lists for each
I'm pil. with the prices of all books,
viil be printed and can be secured
from the superintendent or at
Mr. W. D. Wright's store after
the first of September. From
this the necessary amount can bei
exactly determined. This is a
matter of business, and it is
hoped that this fact, will be ap
T reciated by every one.
THE TEACHERS.
Central School
Miss Nell Witherington, Golds
horo. N. C, First Grade.'
Miss Emma Wash Gill, City,
Second Grade.
Miss May Hampton, Hender
sonville, Third Grade.
Miss Mareraret Claytor, Dur
ham, N. C, Fourth Grade.
Miss Mary Gray, Kinston, N.
C, Fifth Grade.
Miss Susie Lindsay, Chester,
S. C, Sixth Grade.
Mifss Daisy-Leake, Kernersvwlle,
N. C, Seventh Grade.
Miss Bessie Ives, Bayboro, N.
C. English and Science in High
Sch;ol.
Miss Lillian Draughan, Dunn,
N. C, Latin and German, High
School.
Miss Mary Boyce, Due West,
S C, Mathematics.
Mis Annie Lynn Carothers,
Rock Hil , S. C, Music. !
Miss Lucy Boyce, Gastonia, N.
C, Music.
EAST LAURINBURG.
Miss Myra Jordan, Miss Mag
gie Clarke.
Semi-Annual Style Show.
The well-dressed men of Lau
rinDur look forward with much
interest to the coming of a repre
sentative from Schloss Bros. &
Co., the well known New York,
Baltimore and Boston tailors.
Very shortly he will be amongst
us at the store of Lonnie Ham
mond, with the newest creations
in Fall and Wincer fabrics, among
which will be patterns for the
most conservative as well as the
most extreme dresser. In other
columns of this paper you will
find an advertisement which is to
your interest to read. You can
obtain high-class custom-tailored
garments of the latest style cre
ations at a cost within the reach
of all. See the tempting array
of new materials for Fall and
Winter it's a style education
within itself.
Death of Mr. J. D. Brooks.
A telegram was received here
Tuesday afternoon by Mr. M. L.
John announcing the death of
Mr. J. D. Brooks. The telegram
came from Mr. Howard Brooks
and was sent from Goldsboro. It
contained the simple announce
ment of his death.
Mr. Brooks was stricken some
time ago with paralysis while at
SilerCity, and the supposition is
that death resulted from this
cause..
Mr. Brooks and his good fami
ly resided in Laurinburg for a
number of years, and the devoted
wife and five children who sur
vive him have the tender sympa
thy of their Laurinburg friends
in their bereavement.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Murphy and
son Jack spent the week-end at
Wrightsville Beach and went
from there to Greensboro to visit
Mr. Murphy's sister, Mrs. J. M.
Bandy.
EXCITING RUNAWAY.
Malcolm McDonald Saves Himself By
Great Presence of Mind.
Saturday about noon the dash
of a runaway horse caught the
attention ol those on Main street,
who were paralyzed with fear
because of the danger and pre
dicament of young Malcolm Mc
Dougald, who clung helpless to
the seat on the large delivery
wagon used by the firm of M. A.
McDougald, while the horse at
tached to it, maddened with the
liberty he had gained through a
broken bit, dashed through the
street.
Young McDougald had gone
out in the town to make some de
liveries, and as he was returning
to the store and had reached a
point in front of the home of Mr.
M. L. John, the horse, which is
a spirited one but easy to control,
found that the bit which held
him in check had broken, and im
mediately dashed off to run.
Young McDougald clung to the
wagon, hoping that soma one on
Main street would stop the horse,
and although this was attempted,
the horse dashed onward, gaining
speed every jump. Realizing
that he must extricate himself
from his dangerous position, the
young man did not do as a great
many kids and older folks for
that matter, would have done,
but he quietly crawled to the
rear end of the wagon and swung
his body off, holding with his
hands, and like a professional
railroad man swung off and there
by saved him.aelf from severe in
jury and probable death. As it
was, he left the wagon in front
of Gregg Brothers' hardware
store and received only a few
minor bruises.
Within a minute after his es
cape the horse dashed across the
Seaboard tracks and turned the
wagon over, almost demolish
ing it.
Gibson vs. McLaurin.
Suit was begun here in Supe
rior Court yesterday that will
come as a surprise to many of
our people, and there are more
people nominally interested in it
than any suit ever brought here
before. Complaint has not bee i
filed, but we learn from inquiry
that about 1884 a judgment was
recovered against Capt. McLau
rin by Messrs. W. F. and D. D.
Gibson. Mr. W. F. Gibson's es
tate is suing also Mr. D. D. Gib
son and his assignee, Mr. R. L.
Kirkwood, also a number of par
ties who are interested in judg
ments obtained against Mr. D.
D. Gibson when he failed in bus
iness some years ago. This suit
is to establish the lien of the
former judgment. The estate of
Capt. McLaurin of course is de
fended by his executor and ex
ecutrix, and his heirs and devi
sees are parties defendant. This
makes a large number of parties,
but this i augmented by joining
every lot owner of lots sold by
Capt. McLaurin on Church street
and Main street south of the
monument. We are informed
that under the law the plaintiffs
have to make the lot owners par
ties, though the result of the suit
can not affect them other than
favorably, as, we understand,' it
tends to remove a cloud from
their title, and they cannot lose
snytning. It seems that Capt.
McLnurin's homestead was laid
oil and included all these lots on
Church street. The lien of the
judgment is claimed against
these lots, but as Capt. McLau
rin accumulated a large estate
outside of that homestead allot
ment, the executors will have
abundrnt property from which to
settle any claim that may be es
tablished against his estate, and
the warranty in the deeds to the
lot holders vill protect them fully
so they will lose nothing in any
event.
For plaintiffs : W. H. Neal, M.
L. John and Cox & Dunn.
For defendants : Russell &
Weatherspoon.
THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DO NOT ATTEND CHURCH.
Many and very different would very easily the thing they wished,
be the answers to such a ques- j Men, will eo to a ball trame in the
tion if I should submit it for so-1 afternoon during the busy season
lution and renlv. I am painfully
familiar with the things which
men offer as reasons why they
because thev would rather do
that than anything else, but they
will not go to the revival meeting
Because of a Misunderstanding Between Hamlet and Raeford,
Which Brought About the Necessity of Playing on Neutral
Grounds, the Two Teams Have Selected Laurin
burg as the Battling Point.
are not regular church attendants, because they say they ou?ht not
but the most of them are merely j to leave their work. The truth5
excuses. Still they will contend j is they c )uld have been at one of
masterfully for them, and they these places as well as at the
have repeated them so often that other if they really wanted to be ;
they have come to believe them j there. So they teach themselves;
act lally true. Nearly all of to be hypocrites, and bring forth 1
these excuses are frivolous, and vain excuses and offer them as :
the surprising part is that people reasons or causes. It is a sad
of good common sense should fact that multitudes of folks have :
allow themselves to hold them. ' jno taste for spiritual things, and
AUTO HITS BUGGY,
its Three
Every Sunday there are a few
sick folks and those who wait on
them; these necessarily can not
go. Then mothers with infants
must remain at home with them.
Besides these there are a few.
and a very few, engaged in work
so important that they cannot
attend church every Sunday, but
might come occasionally. Leav-
they keep away from church lest
they be forced against their wills :
to consider them.
I am sure that every church in
this town will be open for you
Sunday, and that you would be
more than welcome if you should
decide to enter one ot them, i
Iry it and see for yourself. You !
used to go: throw away every ',
ing out such individual cases vain excuse and begin over again ;
which are found everywhere,
bundav.
there is just about one reason
why people do not attend church,
and that is they do not want to
go. There are some who work
for great corporations, and must
toil on Sundays or lose their po
sitions. Those who hold them to
their tasks seven days in the
week will have to answer for it
some day before a court where
excuses do not pass muster.
Our modern complicated busi
ness life is used as an excuse for
keeping people away from
church. High-pressure work
during the week leaves them
tired out when Sunday comes,
and they recline in sluggish rest.
Employees are held to mignight
Saturday, and do not get up in
time next morning. Those who
have charge of meat and ire.
Woodmen Picnic.
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The Snead's Grove lodge of the
Woodmen of the World held a
largely attended and most ae-;
lightful picnic at Snead's Grove j
last Thursday. The occasion was j
one of much pleasure and benefit
to the large crowd that accepted
the opportunity to attend. !
The speaker of the day was !
Sovereign J. L. Covington. Mr. j
Covington was introduced by j
Consul Commander S. M. j
Jackson. Immediately after the !
address, which appears in full ;
elsewhere in this issue, the ladies
spread the dinner, which proved
to ,be a veritable feast and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
fe the afternoon the Snead's i
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telephones and telegraphs; . pseuauieain engage u w e
naces, drugstores, railroad iop-i?, "' -' --r'-tr-: - -agents,
crews; these are all work! T'Tu LlSh
ing for others and should be a!- j 7 V 4- ,ihJs' he a" Pubhc th:
lowed sometime off for attend- fr13 at Snead s Grove, proved
ing church. Complaint reaches'
to be an occasion of much pleas-
me that street-car operatives are I
compelled to work all day Sun-1 Mr and Mrs w H Cooper
day. I wonder if the police have! and son William Haywood, who
aLmuJch L t,m,e as ey sl:i0U,14 t0 have been on an automobile trip
Demolishing it and Thrcwin
Occupants Qjt.
About nine o'clock Sunday
night a car driven by Mr. Cam
Blue ran into the rear of a buggy,
demolishing the vehicle and
knocking the occupants out, but
fortunately not seriously injuring
anv of them:
The buggy, occupied by Joe
Adams, col., and two colored wo
men, had been driven down Main
street and had just turned the
corner at the monument out the
west end of Church street. The
automobile was following and
turned the corner just behind the
buggy. Adams says he heard
the automobile coming and had
pulled his mule to one side as
much as was possible before the
machine struck the buggy. The
east corner of Main next to Church
is grown up in corn, which cuts off
the view from Church ptreet, and
as soon as Mr. Blue turned the
corner and realized the position
he suddenly faced, he made every
effort to avoid the collision, but
was unable to do so, and the ma
chine crashed into the rear of
the buggy smashing it. All of the
occupants were thrown out and
all more or less bruised, but for
tunately none were seriously
hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morgan
and Miss Ruth McKinnon spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Morgan's grandmother, Mrs.
Mclver. ?t Jonegborx They re
turned Monday and weie accom
panied by Mrs. Morgan's mother
and sister, Mrs. C. McKinnon
and Miss Catharine McKinnon,
who have been visiting in Jones
boro. The trip was made by au-tomooile.
attend church. All such thiners
should be carefully remedied.
We can never build up a stable
civilization without a Sabbath
and without the church, and what
is the church to a man unless he
has a chance to visit it?
The unsound social life of the
times accounts for a great deal of
staying away from church. Mid
night parties with their dissipa
tion, and after midnight balls
with their sin, and scores of
other forms of evil unfit the peo
ple for enjoying a Sabbath. Sun
day is taken as a day of recrea
tion, dissipation and feasting.
to Atlantic City, haye returned
to the city. They made the trip
in Mr. Cooper's new Buick, and,
a3 Mr. Cooper expressed it, "had
a delightful trip with no auto
trouble whatever." The entire
trip was made in the car, which
did not suffer so much as a punc
tured tire. Mr. Cooper says the
only near-trouble they had was
when the car was driven into a
river, he does not say where,
but no damage resulted.
Mr. E. P. Riviere, foreman of
the mechanical department of
this office, spent Saturday and
Sunday m Charlotte, returning
He was accom-
Mrs. Riviere and
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day newspaper and the magazine
The lovers of the great nation
al sport, namely, baseball, will be
given an opportunity of seeing
two of the bestamatuer teams in
Eastern Carolina battle for su
premacy on the Laurinburg
grounds next Tuesday and Wed
nesday. The teams are Raeford and
Hamlet. These teams have en
gaged in a number of games this
season, and as is often the case
with contending teams, a differ
ence of opinion as to certain facts
as regards certain conditions,
came up and caused certain dis
satisfaction which necessitated
that future contests be fought
out on neutral grounds, and
sports in this neck of the woods
will be glad to know that Lau
rinburg, because of its central
location as to the two towns, its
splendid equipment in the way of
grounds and grand stand, and its
reputation for handsome gate re
ceipts, has been selected as the
place where these two teams will
do their future fighting this sea
son. Next Tuesday and Wednesday
the first games of the series will
be played, the games being call
ed at 4 p. m.
These games promise to be th
most interesting and hard fought
that have been played here this
season. Both teams are strong
and the games now scheduled
will count largely i i the claims
that the winners will be able to
make, and for this reason the
best effort of both teams will be
put into the game, and some real
baseball between two of the best
amatuer teams in Eastern Caro
lkia :wi:ij be the result of thjs
meeting.
Laurinburg will welcome both
teams and will give them that
! cordial treatment and impartial
support that they have the right
I to expect.
v. v.;, o tln 5 Sunday night.
jyji. unvca cum waiUS XTKX CclllS. i -T i u
named home oy
xi, ucuuica (x win-? HJl liaill X KitU I
bought, on Saturday serve to hold
their attention until preaching is
over and conscience is stilled.
The rich idle away the morning
and go driving in the afternoon.
The po. r save up their money
during t; e week, and when Sun
day comes they go to see their
kinsfolk so that both families are
sure to stay away from church.
Hundreds of people attend
ledges and orders on weeK nights,
and they claim that because there
is a benevolent feature attached
to them, and they have some
moral code, this will answer
every purpose for which the
church stands. Of course they
cannot take the place of the
church, hut they vill serve as an
i exc ise r,o stay awav trom the
church, and that is vhat is want
ed. I vish h3.t I might thrust it to
the very h :r;t of every one who
reads theso lines, that he usually
gess where he wants to go. Let
relatives at Shelby and Charlotte
for the past six weeks.
It is said that the roller mill
owned and operated by Mr. D.
C. Lytch, on Laurinburg R. F.
D. No. 1. is about the busiest en
terprise in the county. The mill
is being operated day and night,
and even with this extra running
time i3 not able to keep up with
the work that is demanded of
them.
Miss Ollie Carmichael of An
niston, Ala., and Mr. J. H. Ty
ner, of Dunn, are guests at the
home of Mrs. Sarah J. Jones on
Laurinburg, R. F. D. No. 3.
Mrs. W. H. Thomasson, of
Fort Lawn, S. C, i3 a guest at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John O'Brien.
Mrs. L. E. Myers, of Harts
vilie, S. C... is the guest of her
sisters, Misses Lily and Minnie
McKinnon.
Mrs. J. P. Wiggins and Master
James McQueen were Saturday
me repeat it once more that peo- i guests at the home of Mr. and
pie nearly always go to the places
where they down in their hearts
really want to go. Women will
stay from church because it is
damp, and yet I have known
them to flounder through snow
drifts on week nights, thinly
clad, to attend a social function,
and they said it was fun. The
truth is they did not want to go
to church, while they did want
to do the other, and so they did
Mrs. T. B. Russell
Mrs. A. F. Blue and children
left, Tuesday morning for Salis
bury, where they will spend
some time with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan McLean re
turned from a visit to Mrs. Mc
Lean's home, Durham, yester
day. Dr. W. C. Caldwell has return
ed from his home near Concord.
Mr. E. W. McKinnon, so far
as we have been able to learn, !
has broken all records for 1915!
in cantaloupe production. Mr. j
McKinnon gathered and shipped j
from four acres 1,472 crates, an
average of 368 crates to the acre.
Rev. A. H. McArn and daugh
ter, Miss Lois, of Cheraw, were
the week-end guests of Mr. Mc
Arn's brother, Mr. D. H. McArn.
Mr. McArn occupied the pulpit
at the Laurel Hill church Sunday
morning.
Mrs. R. E. L. Correll and Mrs.
J. T. Fields were called to Char
lotte this week on account of the
illness of their father, Mr. D. M.
Tedder, who we regret to note
has been stricken with append
icitis. Messrs E. H. Gibson, W. D.
McLaurin, M. Cameron, and
Mesdames E. D. Pusey and Bes
sie Turner made an automobile
trip Saturday morning to Mont
rose. Mr. G. H. Russell, who has
been undergoing treatment at
Hot Springs, Ark., for the past
three weeks is expected to re
turn to Laurinburg this week.
Mr. A. M. Monroe and family
of Laurel Hill wrere Laurinburg
shoppers Friday. Mr. Monroe
is the largest shingle manufac
turer in this section of the State.
Messrs Dan McDonald, Colin
Hasty, Gilbert Jones and
Gurganous of Johns left Tues
day on the trip to Atlantic City.
Mrs. D. D. Wilkinson and
children left Monday for Wagram
where they are spending the
week with relatives.
Miss Nan McArn, of Chapel
Hill, arrived in the city Saturday
night to visit her patents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. McArn.
Miss Effie McMilian and Mr.
Shaw McArthur, of Parkton,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. D. Wilkinson.
Mr. B. L. Stewart and son,
Meacham left Saturday for Rocky
River Springs where they will
spend ten days.
The fishing party composed of
Messrs. A. H. James and C. W.
Regan of Laurinburg, Dr. C. L.
Alexander, of Charlotte, and
Mr. Wayne McNeill, of Riverton,
who iourneyed to Lumber river
in Robeson county last week and
indulged in the scrt for three
days is said to have been a large
success. The trip had a twofold
purpose, one being to fish and
the other was the holiday feature
it offered. It was, according to
our information, the holiday
feature that counted for the
most. This is largely accounted
for in the fact that the whole
party totaled their fishing luck in
just one fish. According to Mr.
James, the major part of the
cooking was voluntarily under
taken by Dr. Regan, and if Mr.
James be any judge, and we im
agin3 he is when it comes to
feeding his appetite, Dr. Regan
is some fine cook. In describing
that particular feature of the
trip Mr. James was most elabo
rate in his praise of the doctor's
peculiar ability along this line.
Dr. Regan's version of the cook
ing and eating part of the trip
is equally as enthusiastic when it
comes to describing how James,
McNeill and Alexander could
consume the dainty dishes he
prepared. Imagine if you can,
Dr. Regan mixing bread, and
then let your imagination work a
little more if it isn't already over
worked, and imagine your eating
the said bread. According to
Mr. James, the party consumed
all the chickens that
use
:ear
the river besides fifteen dozen
eggs and other rations in equal
proportion. All are agreed that
the trip was a monstrous success.
Rev. A. II. McArn,. of Cheraw.
S. C, will begin a series of ser
vices next Sunday morning at
Laurel Hill church. The meet
ing will continue through the
next Sunday. Services "will be
held each morning and night, the
morning service at 10 o'clock and
the night service at 8 o'clock.
Mr. McArn is a brother of ou
townsman, Mr. D. H. McArn
and is an elequent and forceful
speaker, and the people of Laurel
Hill are fortunate in securing his
services for the week.
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