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LAURINBUEG, N. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1915.
$1.50 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
MET HERE SATURDAY
Scotland County Teachers in Session
Pledge Themselves to Moonlight
School Work.
BUYS INTEREST IN
HOPE MILLS PLANT
Mr. J. F. McNair Largely Interested
in New Organization io Operate
Cotton Mills.
A most pleasing and profitable
meeting of the Scotland County
Teachers' Association was held here
Saturday, - the Laurinburg teachers
entertaining them.
The meeting was held in the cen
tral school building and was largely
attended, about 37 of the teachers of
the county taking an active and in
terested part in the proceedings.
The meeting was opened with a
song and a prayer. Then followed the
reorganization and election of officers
for the present year. Prof. O. C. Wil
liamson, principal of the Laurel Hill
school, and the first teacher in the
county to establish a moonlight school,
was elected president. Miss Anabel
Farlow, Secretary and Miss Wither
spoon, Treasurer.
Superintendent Peel then addressed
the Association, calling special atten
tion to community service week, its
advantages and the good to be ac
complished in the successful promo
tion of the ideas and intention in the
establishment of this special week.
He also urged the teachers to boost
the corn clubs and canning clubs.
As a special inspiration to the stu
dents throughout the county the As
sociation agreed to award a diploma
to every child in the public schools of
the county who would read intensively
and pass an examination on six of the
books given in the list found in the
North Carolina Education for Octo
ber. Moonlight Schools was one of the
-most interesting topics of the day.
Prof. S. W. Rabb, Prof. 0. C. William
son and Miss Maggie Clark made in
teresting and helpful talks to the As
sociation on their experience in organ
izing and conducting these schools.
Every teacher was an enthusiastic
and interested listener to othese talks.
Following this Mr. E. H. Gibson and
Rev. J. B. Thompson made short talks
on the duties of teachers, as touching
the moonlight school movement. They
ad vam':t ppin r that mmA ing- is
missionary work, that as a rule teach
ers followed the' vocation because they
loved the work and would find ample
return for their labors in the thought
that they had taught even one person
to read and write.
The teachers exhibited their deep
interest by obligating to do all in their
" power to organize a moonlight school
in their different neighborhoods. Fol
lowing this the teachers of the Laurin
burg school served a most tempting'
and delightful lunch.
Mason's Cross was selected as the
next meeting place, the date to be de
termined later.
We are glad to announce the good
news that the large cotton mills at
Hope Mills, which were bid in at a
sale here Wednesday, will soon- be
running again, well equipped with new
and up-to-date machinery.
After A.' M. McCarthy of Pennsyl
vania had bid in the property Wednes
day for the bondholders for the sum
of $75,000, a private sale was effect-
td to W. J. Beattie, Jr., of Hope Mills,
i. J. McKinnon of Maxton, and John
F. McNair of Laurinburg.
The Observer interviewed Mr. Beat
tie this morning ever the long dis
tance phone and received the follow
ing information:
As mentioned above, the mills were
bought at private sale by Messrs.
Beattie, McKinnon and McNair. Mr.
Beattie will go North at once, com
plete the details of the sale, buy new
machinery to replace all at present in
the mills which is out of date, and re
turn in a few days. On his return
things will begin to move, and in as
short a time as possible the mills will
be again put in operation on a bigger
scale than ever before.
Mr. Beattie will have the entire
management of the mills, and he is
well equipped for it, as he was for
years manager of the Hope Mills
Manufacturing Company, as general
superintendent and secretary. His
long experience, energy and good
THINGS PERTAINING TO LIFE MOONLIGHT SCHOOL
DOING GREAT WORK!
By Harry M. North.
A CERTAIN MAN I- KNOW.
For many years 1 have known a
certain man in this totfh, and have
admired his character and received
an inspiration from his life. He has
rough hands and face veatherbeaten
through years of toil. In his eye is
the light of kindness, in his voice the
ring of truth, while an air of sweet
plainness pervades his whole person.
You passed him on the street yester
day but on account of his unassuming
appearance you failed to note him
closely.
This man has worked hard for a
living, to rear his children, to feed
and clothe them, fle has exerted
himself to get them started in the
right way. There will not be much
of an estate to leave them but they
will have the legacy of their father's
right life to enrich them. His wants
are few. He has never formed habits
of wastefulness and has learned the
rare secret of living within his in
come, and to be content with what
he possesses. No unnatural appetites
have been cultivated. Those who
know him respect him not for what
he is but for what he has. Indeed
his possessions are quite small; the
robber could not hurt him much, no
pretense, no shame, no apology is
found about his life.
While in the truest sense he is an
humble man yet he is far from being
a weakling. One feels when dealing
with him that he is a man, not
business ability eminently fit him for . thing, not a travesty. He is not for
his important position, and now that j ever pleading his low estate and ask
he is untrammeled by restrictions and
friction of a large corporation, it is
safe to predict that he will meet with
a large measure of success.
ing for quarter; never cringes before
any one nor fawns upon them. The
worldly great have no! terrors for
him, nor do they excitej envy within
Messrs. McKinnon and McNair are his soul- 0n the other! hand he has
representative business men of the the utmost respect for fall true men
Upper Cape Fear section, both as to whatsoever their station may be. He
ability and probity, and their invest- is not to be trifled with, but demands
ment in property at Hope Mills is by his very bearing that others be
cause for congratulation. j sincere and true when dealing with
Hope Mills has been a mill village him He reSpects his own character
for more than half a century. The 1 and word and others kno ,v that they
first mill there was built anA operated : must do the same thin,; regarding
we toi?eve, belorenej- War by i vj-. i . r
jl , iiaign oi H
Swiped the Prizes.
Men Who Did Not Know Letters Now
Can Read Letter From Prof.
Walker Other School News. .
Our good friend," Mr. John Blue, de
cided to exhibit a few things at the
air our neighbors held over at Ben-
nettsville. When Mr. Blue sets about
to do anything he usually does it righ,t
and he evidently persued this policy
in the exhibits he had at the Marl
boro Fair, as will be evidenced in the
following prizes he captured:
12. Vanburnt 2H. grain Jrill, by
John Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
13. Vanburnt Grain drill, 1H., by
John Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
14. 1H- John Deer steel plow, by
John Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
15. 1H. John Deer Manure spread
er, by John Blue, Laurinburg, N. C,
1st.
16. John Deer 2H. plow, by John
Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
17. John Deer Sulky plow, by John
Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
18. Middle buster, by John Blue,
Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
19. Middle buster, by John Blue,
Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
20. Rex Guano distributor Mfg.,
by John Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
21. Gasoline engine, by John Blue,
Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
22. 4H. Gasoline engine, by John
Blue, Laurinburg, N. C, 1st.
23. 4H. wagon, by John Blue, Lau
rinburg, N. C, 1st.
TWO DEPOTS ROBBED
ON THE SAME NIGHT
Thieves Get $103, Nice Handbag and
Overcoat and a Feed of Bananas
at One Haul No Clues.
Negros Pay Respect.
Missionary Rally.
the late Charles T. Haigh of Fas4- I ue wiTTTTft unon -U
ville. The inhabitants are of good serene gaze, watching: its. c1niges and
JNortn Carolina stock peaceaoie, law- ; the moVements of its up fd pas
abiding, industrious. The large ma- i sions His mind is fuiiL seiled, his
jority of them know the cotton mill heart is fixed He is JJblished in
business thoroughly, for it has been his belief s simpie tholgh they be,
their Me work. With North Carolina pure in his affections,
capital, North Carolina owners and purpose. He has long si
North Carolina employes, Cumberland measure Gf the chang
county and the whole State should be things about him, so he
proud of the busy, bustling mill town Dy any alarm.
of Hope Mills, and do all things pos-, Th h h , t fcaith and are
sible to see that it makes greater in a world of trouble wWd be drawn
progress in industry, tnritt, prosperi-i to a person of this sort for sympathy
ty and resultant contentment than it and counsel. He woul(i serve them
has ever known in the past. Fayette- ; without price. He might be led also
ville Daily Observer. ! fn la Kqt.a h- K to fhprn shfVtv
ing their falseness ard corruption.
steadfast in
nee taken the
ng order of
is not moved
Thursday was set apart as mission
ary rally day of the societies of dif
ferent denominations in the city. All
were invited to meet with the Bap
tist Society and right royally did they
do their part. The church was beau
tifully decorated in ferns and chry
santhemums. Mrs. J.,T. Fields, pres
ident of the Baptist society, opened
the meeting with a few appropriate
words and after a hymn and a prayer
by Rev. James Long, Mrs. Long in a
nice little address of welcome intro
duced the speaker of the occasion,
Mrs. C. E. Mason of Charlotte, vice
president of the Baptist Mission'y
Union and leader of this divisiufA
Mrs. Mason delighted all with her
words of advice and encouragement.
Mrs. Henry McLaurin of John Station
with- a few pleasant words then open
ed the social hour. With a salad
course with coffee and a few pleasant
words with Mrs. Mason the meeting
closed.
Rev. R. F. Bumpas 111.
great regret that we i
Still in his presence they will get their
bearings once more and will go forth
with renewed courage. I should like
It is with
Bumpas, the beloved pastor of the to the fUng me f C01?;
Laurinbufg Methodist church. MrJ ty to such a rian tlat they might
Bumpas has been indisposed for about j lea rom h wtlat thmgs are es"
u in sential and what are not
twu wccivo, aau uctause ui ms illness
has not been able to fill his usual
preaching appointments. We are glad
to note however that he is somewhat
improved at this time and was able
to leave his room and come down town
Tuesday.
As an expression of the great es
teem in which Dr. Booker T. Wash
ington, the noted negro educator, was
held by the negros everywhere, the
negro enterprises, at the suggestion
'of Walter P. Evans, the negro mer
chant, in Laurinburg suspended all
business activity yesterday morning
between the hours of 10 and 11
o'clock.
In the passing of Dr. Washington,
the negros, of the South lost their
ai.J the ' graatftsti negro j
mat lias evci ueu jJaj;U to nis unai
reward. .y -
Dr. Washington was president of
the National Negro Business League,
of which organization Evans was a
ife member. Upon receipt of the in
telligence of the death of Dr. Wash
ington, Evans sent the following mes
sage of condolence:
Emmet J. Scott, Secretary.
Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala.
Accept my deepest sympathy in the
oss of your president, Dr. Washing
ton. Your loss, is . the world's loss.
Many men can be president of these
United States, but no man can be
president of Tuskegee Institute and
the National Negro Business League
just as Booker T. Washington was.
God made one Moses, one Joshua and
one Booker T. Washington.
The expression of interest in the
school news from a number of friends
and patrons is appreciated, and we
hope to increase this interest so that
there may not only be an increased
expression in words but also in ac
tion. It is a pleasure to include in the
news this week a letter from Prof.
N. W. Walker, State Supervisor and
Inspector of High Schools, who re
cently visited our school. It is as
follows: "I am very glad to send
you a few lines as to the condition in
which I found your school. In the
first place let me say that I was very
much pleased with my visit to your
school. It seems to me that you have
a good grasp of the situation and that
you are proceeding intelligently with
the solution of the problems that con
front you. You will recall that I
made a few suggestions or recom
mendation which I shall reduce to
writing.
1. You need an additional teacher
in the high school department, in or
der in the first place that the super
intendent may have a little more time
for the supervision and direction of
the entire school, and further to en
able you by reorganization of your
courses in science to strengthen this
side of your course.
2. As I have just said and as you
know as well as I, the science de- j
partment needs to be so strengthened
that its course can be made of equal
value at least with the other courses
of the school in order that they might
be' put on an electrical basis. This of
course would require an additional
teacher, in order that there might be
time not only for additional courses,
but for practical laboratory work in
the courses now offered. It might be
well in this connection to consider
the advisability of employing a
trained teacher of home economics,
who could handle the other science
Sometime between the hour of clos
ing the freight and ticket offices of
the Seaboard Air Line and the Lau
rinburg & Southern railroads Wed
nesday night and Thursday morning,
theives broke into both places and
helped themselves to what they want
ed. At the Seaboard the ticket office
was entered but nothing stolen. The
baggage room was also entered and
here they found rather a rich harvest,
securing $103 in cash, a handbag and -an
overcoat.
The money belonged to Mr. Ben
Webb, son of Mr. W. T. Webb, of
Laurinburg, R. F. D. No. 3. Mr. Webb
had arrived in the city on the 9:07
train and left his trunk which con
tained the $103 and his clothing at
the station, he himself having gone
to the home of his brother-in-law, Mr.
W. D. Wright, to spend the night.
The trunk was carried to, a point
100 yards down the track east of the
depot. Here it was rifled and the
clothing scattered in every direction.
Nothing of the contents of the trunk
was taken but the cash. The theives
did not treat Mr. L. B. Sargent with
so much consideration, but kept both
his overcoat and his handbag.
They also visited the Laurinburg &
Southern depot and entered this, but
so far as can be determined, they took
nothing but a feed of bananas.
The robbery was not discovered un
til Thursday morning when the negro
porter came to open up the Seaboard
station.
Up to this time no clue to the
guilty parties has been discovered.
courses in part at least.
A Short Vacation.
Cream and Skimmed Milk.
The reader who keeps his eye on
the advertisements in this paper gets
the cream of the bargains. Others
get the skimmed milk.
- Merchants who advertise get the
cream of the business, while the fel
low who doesn't believe in printer's
ink gets the clabber.
The Solicitor Lost.
Trying a boy at Yancey county
court for breaking into a store, Solici
tor Michael Schenck was relying on
the fact that when arrested the boy
had in his possession a box of snuff
of the brand missed from the store.
The solicitor was so positive that men
folks didn't ordinarily tote snuff that
he offered to accept a verdict of not
guilty against the boy if a' single mem
ber of the jury had snuff in his pock
et. Up rose a lanky juror and took a
box of snuff from his pocket. The
laugh was on the solicitor and the boy
went free. Statesville Landmark.
Bullard-Stanton.
The following invitatians have been
issued:
Mr. William R. Bullard
invites you to be present
at the marriage of i his sister
Miss Sallie McDuffie
to
Mr. Henry Grady Stanton
on Wednesday evening, November the
twenty-fourth
at six o'clock
at Spring Hill Church
Wagram, North Carolina
The marriage of this young couple
will prove of much interest to their
large circle of friends.
To Entertain Faculty.
Eight convicted murderers will
swing from California gallows in the
next five weeks. Only Gov. Hiram
Johnson can save them, and he is not
likely to interfere. When the state
hangs these eight men, and possibly
two more on New Year's day, a new
record will have been set for legal ex
ecutionsMn California. Four of th'e
condemned are youths.
Luther Huff, five times convicted of
larceny, now doing his, last 30 days
in jail at Sapulpa, Okla., has received
jword that a bachelor uncle at Board
City, N. M., had died and left him a
ranch and herd of cattle, the proper
ty being worth $31,000. When he
was tried, a lawyer had to be appoint
ed to defend him, but now lawyers are
volunteering their services to get him
out.
Fifteen months of war and not all
dead yet!
Tomorrow evening Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Benton will entertain a num
ber of their friends in honor of the
Graded School Faculty.;
For the affair the following in vita
tions have been issued:!
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Benton
At Home'
Friday Evenjng
November Nineteenth ,
Nineteen Hundred Aid Fifteen i
Graded School Faculty. !
3. Whether the bViQir. V i j yr mfi
Lanier uut vi nut jum scnuui miuuiu ne came
by all means add some laboratory . Saturday
equipment and apparatus for the ! met fuss
courses now ottered m science, and tor Williams
your laboratory there should of course Monday i
John Williams, colored, followed
the lure of the gaming table and be
cause of his flirtation with luck, and
too, because the cops caught him in
the act, he went to the r ds of Rich
mond county for a perk.d of three
months. This was
in iPgust. Hi
inH ft "raiFh3f
Smith-Andrew.
Yesterday evening at 6:30 Dr. J.
McN. Smith was married to Miss Ro
berta Andrew. The marriage taking
place at the home of the bride at
Harmon, Md.
Dr. Smith is the son of Mrs. N.
McN. Smith' of this city, and for the
past, several years has been practic
ing his profession at Rowland. He is
a young man of the finest character
and is endowed with special qualifi
cations for his chosen profession.
Immediately after the ceremony
they left for New York City where
they will spend the winter, Dr. Smith
taking a special course in medicine.
Mr. E. L. Smith, brother of the
groom, who acted as best man, left
Monday for Harmon.
Mrs. Chubb Losee Father.
Ex-President William H. Taft has
confirmed the statement of Republican
National Chairman Hilles that he
would not be a candidate for renomi
nation m -the Republican ticket next
year. ; .
In the fiscal year following the out
break of the European war, the
American shoe bill detlined $90,000
000, according to John E. Wilder
president of the NatioKal Association
of Ta'nners, in convention at Chicago.
Wilder added that during the economi
cal streak Americans made their old
footgear last longer,! but they wer
again in the market for new shoes as
formerly.
Mrs. C. A. Chubb and her brother
Mr. Nathan M. Johnson were called
to Willard, this state, two weeks ago
on account of the illness of their,
father, Mr. David Johnson. Yester
day Mr. Chubb received a telegram
announcing the death of Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Johnson was in his ninetieth
year; was a farmer and prominent
citizen of that section of the State
He was a Confederate soldier, going
through the four years of war with
distinction an J honor. He was promi
hent in church circles and a large
property holder.
Submarine F-4, in which 21 officers
and men Jost their, lives at Honolulu,
will not-be repaired. The Navy de
partment has found the damage too
extensive to make repairs practica
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be fitted up a special room.
4. Your school is beginning to be- ,
come crowded and this means that I
you are going to have to do one of i
two things either enlarge the pres- j
ent building, which seems practically
out of the question, or erect an addi
tional building,, which seems to be the
only alternative.
I do not believe I have called your
attention to a sinerle need of vour
school which you had not already
realized. I think these are matters
of importance that should be brought
to the attention of your board and I
sincerely hope that when they are
presented a way may be found where
by another teacher may be added,
some laboratory equipment installed
in a special room for your science
work, and that an additional practical
course in science with laboratory work
may be introduced.
Let me repeat what I said at the
outset, I found your school in very
good condition and I was much pleas
ed with what I saw. I wish further
to add that if there is any way in
which I can cooperate with you and
your board in helping you to strength
en the school along the lines suggest
ed I am cheerfully at your command.
With all good wishes for a success
ful year, I am,
Cordially yours,
N. W. Walker,
State Inspector of High Schools.
These words of commendation
should serve as an inspiration to us
and those of advice should encourage
a renewed effort on the part of teach
ers and patrons.
The laboratory equipment to which
Mr. Walker referred has been re
ceived and installed. Though it cost
$55, it is not complete, and only furn
ishes a foundation to which we hope
to add from year to year. The pur
pose of this equipment is fully ex
plained in the letter published above,
and the results of its installation is
seen in the great increase in the in
terest and work of the science pupils..
We hope to pay for this equipment
from sources outside of the school
fund, and an expression of loyalty and
interest from any friend by way of a
contribution will be appreciated. This
will be an inspiration to the children.
Will you not help them out ?
The necessity for another teacher
in the high school department is ap
parent not only for the extension 6f
the Science course, but for carrying j
toils of ths
the Recorder
to the roads, tr
months. From &
Gibson he appealed
His fighting pal, MTSTae, paid five
bones and the cost.
V
George Halstead, of Redondo Beach,
Cal., recently discovered a secret
pocket in a new suit he had bought in
Nev York city, and, reaching into the
pocket, he found a $20 gold piece. It
is thought that the dealer, wiiile dem
onstrating the good qualities of the
suit, sk'ppecl the money into the pock
et and forgot it.
on the present course.
The amount that was cleared at the
Hallowe'en entertainment was $73.50
instead of $37.50 as printed in our
last letter.
We regret that because of fairs,
sickness and potato digging our per
centage in attendance for the past
two weeks has dropped far below the
average. It registered only 94 for the
two weeks. The eleventh, tenth and
ninth grades deserve credit for hav
ing made a percentage of 100 during
one of these weeks.
The number of members in the
Penmanship Club has increased from
29 to 40 during the past two weeks.
Such an interest and united effort can
not result in anything but good.
We are glad to report that we have
had nine visitors during the past
week. Come at any time. A hearty
welcome awaits you.
The enrollment at the night school
has increased to 75 during the past
week, and the work has progressed in
a most satisfactory way. Men, who
did not know their letters, can now
after six lessons, read; and, those who
did not know orte figure from another,
can now add three and four columns
of figures. For lack of space we will
not go into this feature of the work.
though we may soM""a
and advice in its
In another cojf
an account of
County Teachef
was held in tj
Saturdav. If
to have the
tion as o
is extende
munity to
islpossible
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