North Carolina Newspapers

Itl V I 2f3rd 1 15 15 VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 45. LAURINBURG, N. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1915. $1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADV.AN' K THE JAMES STREET MATTER SETTLED Suit Between the Town and Seaboard Over the James Street Crossing Matter Settled. The suit which has been pending between the Town of Laurinburg and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co., for some time over the matter of the town crossing the Seaboard track and right of way when James street was opened, was settled at the term of court last week. NEWS OF THE FORK B "AUNT BECKY" Crops About Gathered Small Grain Being Planted The Difference Between Us and Europe. The ideal weather which has pre vailed throughout the autumn is al most unprecedented, and the harv ing of bounteous crops has been al most uninterrupted, but it is cloudy this morning and we may soon ha rain. The cotton fields around here ave The matter as to whether the town 'almost nude, and pea-picking and po would be permitted to cross the rail- j tato digging are receiving chief at ro.id property was settled at a for- lention, also the sowing down of small mer session of the court, and it was ' grain, of which our farmers realize then a matter of what damages the j the importance, and are increasing, town should pay. The commission- rather than diminishing the acreage, ers appointed to determine this said j The crop of peas, potatoes and hay that $100 was a just amount. This (in this section is the greatest in manv THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE Bv Harry M. North. IT IS NEVER RIGHT TO DO WRONG. the suit tried last week was what was over. The judgment of the court was a confirmation of the action of the commissioners. This ends the matter and is a settlement that is satisfactory to the town. years, in fact grain and forage of all kind, as though the Lord of the har vest has most signally blessed the effort made to raise food products, and to prove to us the capacity of our soil and climate in the propagation Other cases disposed of than those ; of so many varied crops. We assur mentioned in our last issue were as : edly have great cause of thanksgiv follows: j ing in this year of plenty and peace. A. J. Butler et al. vs. David Fair- j Contrasting our happy condition ley, which was 'a suit to determine : with that of the devastated and war the rightful ownership of land in dis- j ridden countries of Europe, whose puto, resulted in a verdict for the j soil, instead of furnishing food where plaintilf. by to sustain life, is reeking with the (',. W. Winston and wife, vs. the j blood of the slain, mingled with tears Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. This J of widows and orphans, how abundant- was an action for damages one of the plaintiffs received some months ago while a passenger on a train of the defendant company. The plaintiff charged that a ticket was bought by the wife of Winston from Laurinburg to Laurel Hill, and that after the train had stopped at Laurel Hill and the plaintiff had left her seat to alight from the train, a s,udden jerk of the car caused her to fall against a seat arm and causing her to re ceive painful injuries, for which dam ages in the sum of $2,000 was asked. The jury rendered a verdict in favor ly blest are we, and how truly thank ful we should be. A good many of our neighbors, and some of our own family attended the Fair at Bennettsville on Thursday, the 4th. They report quite a large crowd present, and a very pleasant Some people hold that the end jus tifies the means, and that o.ie may do wrong if he expects to get good as the result. Their mistaku is in thinking that good can be the direct outcome of evil. A certain good may accompany or fellow the actio::; it is not product of it however. Gcd may overrule a thing for the benefit of His cause, but this gains no credit for the evil doer inasmuch as he putposely did the wrong. It is contrary to all natural lav fcr good to be the result of bad. The clean thing is not brought out of the unclean. Take a thorn bush and cul tivate it, and still it will not bring forth apples. Take a bear, clip his claws, cut off his long hair, train him and tie him to a post, yet he is a bear with nil trip irctin.-'ta rf Viia l.-iri;! No amount instincts of his kin. cf development can change the nature of sin. Juggle with the facts all you will, but the truth is the same, and the law is that every thing must bring forth fruit after its kind. Satan brought to our first parents in the garden the argument that good would be the result of evil-doing. He told them to disobey the highest law and they would live, yet only death followed when they had tried it. He brought the same proposition to Jesus in the wilderness but failed there. Satan offered the Master the king doms of the earth if He would do a wrong thing to get them. Jesus saw the fallacy of the argument and would day, save for the dust, which rend-:,. , , , . LUC tuuiiLiy Suit Agiiinst J. F. McNair. Complaint has been filed in the Fed eral Court in thi , city in a suit start ed sometjme 'ago and entitled Inter state Chtmical Co., of Charleston, S. C, agairk John F. McNair, of Lau rir burg, li. C. The suit is for the re covery V approximately $19,000 on amount If an alleged breach of con tract. Ifre plaintiff alleges that the defendant contracted to purchase of the plainjtiff 25,000 tons of phosphate voir: to be used in his fertilizer works at Laurinburg, said contract to run for three years, and that after taking less than 6,000 tons, refused to take any more, the plaintiff setting up that CITIZENS SHOULD AID . MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS HAPPENINGS OVER THE OLD NORTH STATE Supt. Peele Issues an Appeal to whi t.ii-o n. . , , .... iL "hat I oiks are Doing Throughout th( i euijie io xyiu in me leonngm I School Work. State Told in Brief for Busy Bead ers. North Carolina, awakened to the A. L. MfPn drill rflmiV.i;.nv, f t, fact that, W are all but parts of ! ettevillej hag announced his candidacy one stupendous wnole Whose body for Congressional honors in the Sixth nature is, and God the soul"! has District. launched a gieat campaign for the strengthening of the weaker parts of the "whole" in the form of night schools for'adult illiterates. Compul sory Education for the 'children will eliminate the possibility of any more illiterate grown ups, so as soon as the present ones are taught to read and write we shall have lifted forever the cloud of illiteracy from our stare. Dut the chain is no stronger than its weakest link. So for this vast, state wide campaign to be successful every county must enter the ranks in full the profits from the 19,000 tons not j force. Scotland, with Kl per cent of Men going to work at Thomasville I- riaay morning, discovered fragments of a body of a white man scattered along the Southern Railway tracks for a distance of one hundred yards. The only marks by which identifiea- uv,ns ct ai-a p.;-,-;wy oe mai-e his light blue eves. were sa ndv hair and sound toeth. Moral Phiiosoi ot fVCl C'l v-m 4-.,.-. U : - 1, i. I 1 1 a 11 . VA 1JCA L(J!i) uiin.il umouui I iicr population illiterate, can no tord to enter InrrK- in!n fin fi M- ered the trip through rather uncomfortable. The Exchange shows steady im- own families, and have eased their consciences by sajdng that the end in provement, and is rapidly gaming m , , , , . , . .. , ' .. , 1 Z, j could not make it right, favor with its readers. Things Per-1 t -p . . : On the ground of expediencv men 7- , . v , , : justify themselves -Vl -V'i ACCIX ItllAi. LIlSiC.ti'Ai3 UH, 111- in doing, what is of the defendant, giving, the plin.tiita; Ihave-hMi.r-7'.4H.is.'n7' life.ia)iiy' nothing. pulpit sermons from which I derived Mary R. McCall vs. T. O. Evans, less pleasure and benefit, than from xu , . - , CT or, . , , , uses exnediency as an excuse for do cover on a note on vhich he was an thoughtful mind, and a great Chris- J - TT . , . , , JurecT or'themseives subjected to criti cism they do something they know is not just rigjjiv It is the coward who endorser. The case was dismissed on motion of the defendant's counsel. Mary II. McCall vs. A. D. Ca'shwell & Sons. An action to . recover on notes given. Compromise verdict by which defendant pays $1,350. J. F. McNair vs. Willie C. Cooper et al. An action for foreclosure of mortgages. Verdict for plaintiff. II. D. Gibson et al. vs. Bruce Gibson et al. Suit to recover on notes. Judgment for plaintiff. Quince McLauchlin vs. Masonic Lodge et al. Suit to recover on in surance policy to the amount of $300. Com premise judgment, plaintiff to re cover $19."). Harrison Hailey vs. Maggie Hailey, suit for divorce. Divorce granted. Bettie Jane Gibson vs. Willie Lee and wife. An action to-determine the lawful ownership of a cow. Judg ment for defendant. Sutherland-McKay. Invitations as follows have been re ceived by Laurinburg friends of the contracting parties: Mr. and Mrs. Bailey W. Phillips request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their sister Miss Katherine Neill Sutherland to Mr. William June McKay on Wednesday evening, November the seventeenth, at six o'clock Presbyterian church Maxton, North Carolina Both the groom and bride-to-be are well known in Laurinburg and have many friends here who , will avail themselves of the opportunity of at tending the marriage of these popular young people. tian heart intent upon the uplift and betterment of mankind. We regret to note the temporary retirement of Dr. J. M. Rose from his beloved work, and hope that a com ing evil, lie is afraid to lace oppo sition or the possible results of a right action because he is so anxious for all to turn out in his favor. Although the immediate consequences may be none of the best it is still the wisest ij- -4- ...411 l,: u.:i4-i, pic win iraiuie mm ,u iiitu tQ d() r;;ght; jt is wisegt eyen jf we and to his devoted people. I crushed in the attempt. Many a man The crop of acorns and hickory hag had choice of te ral de nuts this season is prodigcus, which ! , . .i i 3 , , . . . , , i struction on the one hand or taking a is said to be an unfailing sign of a! jit j a " fo wror.g course and be delivered, and severe winter. In the oak trees hfi ted ruin rather than to around our home the pretty blue jay do fte evi guch men haye begn the birds are busy getting the morning . glory of QUr race meal, and I hear near by, the gay , Pe()ple gay that there arg timeg chatter of the little squirrels among when it ig necessary to tell a He al. the hickory trees. thouJ,h thpy wouM not caR it by go Rev. J H. Dickson preached yester- harsh aname Thev claimed that dav at Smyrna church, a telling ser- . ,. , , , , , , J ' . : the .ere m a tight place, and had mon on the subject of Home Missions, i, r. , " . . , : i to gei out somehow or other, so the making the startling annarement ol :. . . j4.ui.i- . , , i easut way seemed to be to lie out of 7o,u90 unconverted s; I in one sec- v , nn , , ., , ., , . . -s , ... i Jt. .u one will know it and it wall tion oi our own staf purely tnis is save food for thought, aji'd for renewed m terest in this grea cause. Parlor Car for Poodles. When the Boston Opera company makes its coming tour, the train on "hich the artists will travel will carry a special car for the dogs belonging to the singers. The members of the chorus and the musicians will, make the trip in coaches. Max Hirsch, manager of the com pany, in making arrangements for the special train, said: "We will want two coaches for the chorus, one coach for the ballet and a coach for the musicians. Two par lor cars will be sufficient for the ar tists and one parlor car will be needed for the canine pets of the singers. All kinds of dogs will be represented, and they must have luxurious sur Xv roundings. Baggage cars will not do. The stars must and will have the very best for their pets." Ex., Miss Lettie McMillan, a popular and efficient teacher of this county, opened school at Oak Grove Ayegdemy on Monday, the 1st inst. if' Mr. J. R. McLaurin, of Latta, S. C, came up on Wednesday and is spend ing some days with us; he and Angus Olmstead have gone over to McColl this morning to have some dental work done. Miss Belle Hamer is visiting among relatives in the Rowland section for i . the past week. Rev. J. B. Thompson filled his usual j delected appointment at Oak Grove church yesterday afternoon, preaching a very excellent sermon from Hebrews 11:24. Mr. Harmon Skipper is suffering from an attack of malarial fever, but is gradually improving. Dr. McClelland of Maxton, came down on Saturday and performed a slight operation for little Price Wil liamson, who is getting on nicely at this writing. Old Fork, November 8th. "Aunt Becky." l ii'reat deal of inconvenience. But they know it, and so does God. He would be untrue to Himself to let it pass; in fact He could not let it pass unnoticed. That one lie tangled the skein of truth, and it must be straightened out again strand by strand. Walk as far as you will in the wrong direction and the way will not lead you to the right. All the evil done must come out some time. One might cut the chords of a musi cal instrument thinking that it would never be known, but even though the instrument be played in the dark af- 4-nim-ntl 4-K ... J 1 ill i lv.1 u cij.ua tut; uiscora wouia De easily taki is asked for. The case will likely come up at a subsequent term of the court in this city. Messrs. J. O. Carr and W. A. To-.vnes are the attorneys for the to join the ranks of the teachers (h : W; v.- Dr. Charles Taylor, professor y and former presi- IVrcsi College, died at Fi'idav morning. of vv a 'j .'i t K. L. l hunt ht. I am, therefore, calling upon every r..d man and woman in the county who lays claim to the name of patriotism" Hamilton and his '.g near Bt.knoi ,:ay a r-:lbit was jumped, an on the in hoot the contents odv kill- plaintiff company and Hon. G. B. 'Pat ter-on, of Maxton, and J. Gilchrist McCormick, Esq., of Wilmington, will appear for the defendant, who has net yet filed his answer to the complaint. Wilmington Star. Out on Bond. J?dm Fairley, the colored man who kill id Hugh McLaurin, also colored, Frank Carter, who was presiding over the. term of Superior Court in session heVe last week. Attorneys, for Carter brought an in this fight. You, by divine gift, have the -garden spot of the world, of which you are justly proud. But you can not afford to sit still and vainly boast of the past while the present is ; fast sliding into the past, bearing with J it development for other counties. great, else why is not Africa the greatest continent in the world ? Tast , greatness can not- suffice for the i the ex'-it'-m'tit f trying to rat.oit the :i emptied the of his gun ':. to his father's ing t'.iri instantly. Joseph P. Smith, a young man liv ing near Lumberton, mysteriously disappeared from his home Sunday night and no trace of him can be found. Fire Saturday morning at Raleigh completely destroyed the plant of the News i nouso o arc! Observer, the printing .'1. v - I W V. V; . , '.AiiW II LI Itl a loss upon the tortile soil of Scotland County with the red blood of the Scotch Irish coursing through our . veins, we can not but erous otn.er properties, causing of 300,000. -C J il... 1 r i i ne n( l t'l Lilt' round noose t)i i i present, else whv are the Crpek- thp : . .i . , T , ,T-., at Tohns Saturday night a week ago, j bootb!acks of the world today? ' ? V T - "Umm w. released under bond by Judge! , fl?n ; fell m Monday nignt injuring a col- i punwiviiii,. iiMwu me liic ftuii til i i.. i .... rn . . . : n VI.tT'J. ICILKUI. 1. lilt KtCl i.1 ! cl t,-2 ill ClJ- proximate $30,000. I W hue canning vegetables at her De ,a borne near Wilminrrton. lTvs. X T.. mediocre people so long as 13 per I r-,v.K i v, ;i,- .etion under a writ of habeas corpus , cent of our native white population explosion of a can of tomatoes. &o mucn tor The Aluminum Company of Amer ica has taken over the entire French k how Lttle t holdings in the hydro-aluminum plant to vour own ' j t-.j- t-i it. i rc &A :1 noo . ' i ai dkc ri. ivnen ce-ziuneieu iiie main, was tixea at &1.000 and was o 1,1 i i . r ' i ciiuiLs ; licit vvuuiu you na e ueen, but for a far sighted father and be- i nignant neighbors ? You hold a good position, draw a fancy salary, and have influence in your community. to secure Fairley's release under bond, can no reafi or Write. ajrdl after hearing the matter Judge ; our countrv pride. df ci5i, to, give th def endant j Did you ever stop to thinl m iupi' -scnt e nis 'release. cf what. you are ia . due to TMfyona No Flowers. Recently when several prominent I Is not this due more to the fact that men have crossed over, the request j an education was thrust upon you has been made that no flowers be sent ; than to your, natal wit? Stop, think to the grave. This request because j a minute. What would you have those departing had made it when in ' been, what salary would you have j commanded, how much influence would But we don't know. There is so j you have had, were it not for the as much in flowers so much of purity -set that your community gave you in a-.rl D.-ace and beauty, so much to i the form of an education? Think of take a .vav the gloom that pervades ' the natal brain demonstrated by that , The Conf ederate Women's Home the atmosphere where Death has fellow who works for you. But for which has just been compieted at will represent ten million dollars. The Charlotte Fair is on this week. I The Patterson Memorial Cup, a memorial established by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, of Winston-Salem, and awarded each year for the best litera ture of the year, was awarded this year to Dr. William Louis Poteat, of Wake Forest College. The effort that won the honor was a book entitled "The New Peace." John Charles McNeill, of this county, flas the first one to win the covet honors after the memorial was established. I the advantage that being able to read the custom beautiful, and we , arm wnte gives, juu, wuum ;yuu nut ue Thursday, the 18th. paused to claim its own somehow we the advantage tnat oemg aoie to reaa . payetteville, will be opened next think . 1 1 O TT'1 i 1 i it regret that it is growing into dis- : wording ior mm : vv ilhoul me looi j President Wilson upon hearing cf favor. of knowledge handed you by your j the destruction of the plant of the True, it sometimes seems a mockery , predecessors you would not have been j Newg and observer at Raleigh, wired to see a grave piled high with flowers ' able to utilize your natural wisdom. Mr Danieis as follows: "I hope you. which were mechanically bunched and j Without the pick and shovel, the coal , knQW how my sympathy goes out to you in your renewed loss. I have been thinking of you a great deal and with i ...j i n'minp will lie dormant for ages. So mecnanicauy Dougnt ana mecnanicany - sent-but when a friend wants to send will the untrained mind. Does it not as his last gift to the tomb of his de- i make you shudder to think what an parted friend a remembrance what ! insignificant being you would have is more beautiful what more fitting been without this power for -work than a garland of God's most beautiful , handed you by others ? handiwork ' How then can you rePay society for Personally, were we to cross over, j the advantages she has bestowed upon ; i;rm1d b nr n,,st that no flowers youY uniy Dy neipmg some one eie. I U V v, o vw w While Mrs. Fanny Terry and Mrs. Ella Fletcher were driving near Gib son Friday on their way to visit rela tives above Gibson, the horse stumbled and fell. Mrs. Terry, who is over 75 years of age fell between the wheels, the hind wheel passing over her. No bones were broken, but she is con siderably bruised. She is at the home of her grandson, T. J. Fletcher. Pee Dee Advocate. Something's wrong with this dinged war somewhere. According to "offi cial reports" there are about six vic tories to every scrap. For the sake of politeness, to keep from embarrassing another you have known people to deceive. They were not very considerate about Qod's feel ings and forgot that He might be of fended. Has it ever seemed strange to you that people are so courteous to their friends, so sensitive to the smallest demands of propriety, and at the same time utterly regardless of what God thinks of the matter? To save themselves from confusion they will allow truth to be exposed and lie bleeding in the streets. It is never right to do wrong. This is such an apparent truth that all should see it. The right will always come out right if it be given time It differs not how dark the place, how narrow the road, do the good and leave the results in the hands of God, for He will not let it fail. It may be after long waiting, when He has re versed many things as we see them now, after He has turned the light upon all of out actions, ultimately He will bring forth the right triumphant. If we have done the good, and have spoken the truth we shall be on the side Of the victors, and our faces shall merer he &shamd. come and yet, if the dead can see ! There are those about you, who "by ' - -. ,i ' V. fnWiino'nf tin virnnrnpnt jmrl thp if the immortal soul lingers lor tne - - r - ---- ---- nonce on the bitter banks of time be- accident oi oirtn , are sittmg in w fore taking its upward flight-if it j shadows of the world m the bitter temporarily surveys the scene-what j ness of darkness, in the bondage of would be more gratifying to its gaze illiteracy-mature men and women, than the subtile, perfumed flowers-;om men aim worn.. uMt - Krpathing and sneaking a burden o j stm love ? However, we should never wait un til our friends are gone to think of flowers. It is when the dimmed eyes from the bed of pain can look upon these offerings that there comes an indescribable delight satisfaction i. 1" that somehow, you cant expiam. From personal experience we know this because recently we exper ienced the pleasure of living among flowers sent by friends and no great er inspiration could be found. Everything. Miss Leita . Reed, of Aurora, 111., eloped to Geneva with Edgar Bartlett and was married five hours before her brother took a bride in a formal wed ding. The girl had a wager with her brother that she would be married be fore he would and on his wedding day she won the bet. A new record was recently set in the District court at Portland, Ore., when a replevin suit was filed by John Hart for the recovery of one "cluck" hen and H chickens. Six attorneys appeared as counsel for Mrs. "William Haberman, the defendant, and all of them participated in the day's proceedings. "Children crying in the night, Children crying for the light, And with no language but a cry." Crying crying for the advantages that you enjoy, from no virtue of yours, but because of the love of your fellowmen, expressed in public and private schools. I know there are men and women in every school district in pur county who are willing, upon hearing this cry, to fly to the rescue. Now is your opportunity. The work is here to be done, your neighbors are the ones to profit by your work, and your heart will rejoice when the work is done. The teachers have pledged themselves frt this work. We are among the most fortunate counties in the state in securing able and devoted teachers. But they can not get these people out to the local school houses for instruc tion, without the most hearty coope ration of all the citizens. Tuesday night, November 16th, has been set as the night for a com munity meeting at every school house in the county, for the purpose of or ganizing the night schools. You be present on that night and lend your assistance in laying plans and induc ing someaaan or woman who can not the warmest sympathy." Octavius Smith, col., of Clifton, seven miles from Fayetteville, cut the throats cf his wife and three daugh ters Monday. The wife was killed instantly and the daughters are not expected to live. read or write to attend the school. Then when it is organized, attend yourself. Take your reading over with you, and by your presence, encourage and promote this great work. These peo ple are of the same blood as you, have the same sensitive feeling as you, so it demands all your tact, to get them out wdthout making them feel that you feel that they are your inferiors. You must show them that illiteracy is not synonimous with ignorance. Then when you have their confidence, good will, and presence, the teachers in the county will transform your county. Join in with your teacher and let's launch this movement in every school in the county on next Tuesday night. Not only will you be serving the be nighted ones, but you will be building a community unit around the school house, the greatest saving institution of America. Reflexively, your friend ly spirit will revert to you, and you will be made happy, your soul will bubble over with joy, for you will have begun to see in men more than pawns on the checker board of life. L. M. Peele, Supt. Fine Lands Cheap. The lands belonging to the Dr. Mc Lean estate that will be sold Monday will be sold at a great bargain. Don't miss it. Adv. I ! r f i i