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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED 1887
RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
FOUNDED 1896
CONSOLIDATED 1944
Published Thursdays
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FEW BORN TO IT
“The American people have for
teachers of their schools as able
and competent men and women as
the people themselves desire and
require’! says Dr. Edgar W. Knight,
UNC professor of education, in an
article in School Management, na
tional educational magazine.
“But, conditions under which
men and womep teach,” Dr. Knight
adds, “must be greatly improved
and made more satisfying than at
present before all the schools have
an adequate supply of
Competent and properly
teachers. Better salaries
to this problem.”
Teaching effectively in
able and
educated
are basic
the pub-
4
lie schools can be done only by per
sons who have abilities that have
been properly trained for the job,
and training of capable and effi
cient teachers requires a number
of years of hard work and study
and is a costly process. Another
requirement for sucessful teaching
is that the teacher be at least par
tially satisfied with his or her job,
and the first step toward satisfac-
S tion in any job is that it pay s
veient salary for the person hi
that job to live more or less
fortably and in keeping with the
demands of the position that job
sets a person in his or, her com
munity life.
In recent years we have seen
many, many of our mois^f capable
teachers forsake the profession,
■^^because they did not like their
chheen work . > > 1 U largely because
" "’-hing di^^not- pay well enough
for.them to’live comfortably, much
less: live in a- #anner expected of
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THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
Of Robeson County’s Hometown Newspapers
Fhe Scottish Citizen (Red Springs and Maxton, N. C.),
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Wlean-Up Drive Committee Members
Hold Firs! Meeting In Maxion Town
Offices; Discuss Plans For Campaign
HeaBh Program
Being Studied
By 30 Schools
Thursday, November 21, 1946’
rn. Othej more lucrative jobs,
-requiring less training, less hours,
vies? individual responsibility (par-
;ticular
the
war-defense
^en to them — and
left the schools,
_ qf/'Whom will never return
te.WHng.
Starting Date
Set For Dec. 2
By Committees
The first joint committee meet
ing of workers in the Clean-Up
campaign in Maxton was held at
the Town Offices on Monday, Nov.
18. Attendance was small due to
the fact that many of the com
mittee members had previously pur
chased tickets to the piano concert
Crowded House
Hears Tureck
In FMC Concert
The first concert given
Flora Macdonald college by
at
a
WRieW ^Mii^^ .a^^a^jtocpona.ld .^before t^.
woman concert pianist, at
least for more than a decade,
 perience, which is one of then
*
greatest assets in the profession.
These years have been lost to our
school system. Few persons are
born teachers who can make a
success of the classroom duties
from the first day. Good teachers
get their ratings, first from ade
quate capabilities properly trained,
and second from actual work in
the- classroom,
businessman can
true in industry',
nance as it is in
Our schools, to
Any hard headed
see this. It’s as
in farming or fi-
the classroom;
be able to secure
capable young teachers who can
be experienced in teaching to make
up the great loss the' schools have
-had, must be made more attrac
tive. The first attraction to interest
a college student in any business
or profession beyond that person’s
capabilities will be the pay that
can be obtained if one goes into a
particular profession.
One hears of the fellow who »s
a born “doctor” and who goes into
medicine because he has been in
trigued by it from the time he is a
little shaver. There are a few
“born” engineers, or “born” mech
anics, and there may be a few
“born” teachers, but no profession
or trade that pays poorly fox’ high
grade abilities is attractive to many
really capable persons, though
some may go into it knowingly be
cause they “love” the work, and
would not be satisfied in any other
profession.
If the people of North Carolina
“and the United States want to in
crease the quality of their schools,
they are going to have to equip
the schools with modern facilities,
and be willing to pay better sal-.
♦ aries to all teachers, yith special
salary schedules to award those
teachers who are doing highly suc
cessful jobs, and will continue in
this work if the seniority advan
tages make it as interesting to
them as private business does for
similar devotion to their york.
True, there are some “born”
teacher, but unless school salaries
are increased adeouately, many of
those who might be attracted into
the* profession within the next few
years, will find an interest and a
comfortable living elsewhere
The Scottish Citizen
Red Springs, N. C.
Telephone 305-1
IWaxton, N. C.
Telephone 59-W
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Entered at the Post Office at
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time of the meeting was decided
upon.
Present at the meeting were
Mayor F. C. Frostick, J. C. Daniel,
R. P. Edwards, John Pace. C. H.
Whitlock, M. P_ James and T. O,
Evans representing the white
secti"n of Maxton.
Committee members present for
the clean-up campaign in the
colored sections of Maxton includ
ed: Walter Malloy, C. R. Brew*
ington, Robert E. Davis, William
E. McKay, Ranzie Leach, Alor^o
Pe^ese, George C. Beattie, Mrs.
Janie Brooks, Nelson Bridges,
Peter Parnell and Bennie Carter.
Another meeting will be called
soon and it is hoped that all com-
mitte members will be able to at
tend.
The Clean-up campaign will
move into high gear on December
2 and committee members will be
gin the extensive campaign at tha
time to assist the people of Max-
ton in c’eaing up their house,
and lots.. Such a campaign' was
held in Maxton last year and re
sponse was very encouraging.
Chief duties of the committee
members will include a routine
inspection of objectionable areas in
their district and supervision o,
town truck visits to remove trash
The committe members have
bean apointed indefinitly and it is
stressed that the Clean-up cam
paign will be lasting. Several ot
the city ordnances point out di"
rectly that offenders of the sec
tions containing information about
the cleanliness of the town are
subject to fines. It is hoped that
a letter can soon be sent out to
the people of Maxton listing the
specific provisions of the cleanli
ness ordnances.
Good Health
Debaters Now
Number Six
Fairmont will be represented at
the Good Health oratorical contest
at
to be held Tuesday night, Novem
ber 26, at the Lumberton auditori
um. The county winners will move
on up after Tuesda}/ night’s con
test and will be eligible to com
pete with other county winners in
an attempt to win the grand prize
offered for oratory by the Norf’
Carolina Good Health Association
Fairmont contestants in the orn
torical content numbered 65 wh^r
the contest opened. Many debate
have helped to narrow this numbe
down to six entrants.
On Friday morning, November
22, the following students will mee'
in open competition to dec’de t”.
two winners to represent Fairmon
in the Robeson county finals i-
Lumberton: Dorothy Floyd, No 1
Grantham, Kathryn Oliver, Joanr
Page, jack Britt And Leo Bullock.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ;
SERVING WESTERN j
ROBESON—AND TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED U
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Vol. LVII, No. 45 .
Annual 4-11 Club Achievement Day
Program Set For Saturday Morning
Fire Destroys Over 800 Bales Cotton
On ACL Platform In RedSprings
Platform And
Cotton Are
Complete Loss
Fire destroyed between 800
and
1000 bales of the 1946 c -tlon ciop
in Red Springs early Saturday
morning when flames quickly en ¬
veloped
of the
road.
With
the cotton storage platform
At’antic Coast Line Rail-
no trace of a fire apparent
at about 12:10, the entire platform
and the mass of cotton bales were
completely enveloped in flames at
about 12:30, according to witnesses
and passersby who later came
back for the fire. When (discover
ed by several persons, standing
about a block away long tongues
of flame were sweeping from the
base of the p’atform through the
roof and skyward, and when th’:
fire truck and firemen arrived the
flames had spread to all parts of
the platform and the frame roof
Both Schools Of
Red Springs On
State-Wide List
was ready to crash.
Water was poured
from several hoses
seemed to slack the
into the fire
but nothing
intense thirst
The Red
both white
selected as
the state in
is to made
The results
Springs high schools,
and Negro, have been
two of the schools of
which ^ thorough study
of the health program,
of the studies of some
of the blazing mass. By dawn
hardly anything was left exc-pt
the hew s'eps at the east side of
the platform erected by carpenters
late Fridav afternoon.
The platform was being repaired
by the railroad and many new
timbers had been placed within
the past few days. Materials for
ia new layer of the composition
roofing had been unloaded during
the week, and these a.nd other new
timbers went up with the old, frame
work of the shed, and the heavily
creasoted timbers of the platform
itself.
Flames spread to piles of pulp
wood, racked about 50 feet away
and heat set fii'e to the warehouse
of J. E. Watson, more than a hun
dred feet to the north. Little
damage was done to the building,
which caught afire several timet
after the arrival .of the fire depart-
Ben Stanton, cotton weigher,
stated Saturday that he estimated
there were between 800 and a
thousand bales stored on the plat
form, all the property of buyers
operating on the Red Springs cot
ton market. Thesce include the
E. H Alexander the Ben Campen
and the Red Springs Cotton com
panies. Morrison Peterson of the
latter concern stated that his com
pany had about 200 bales on the
platform, and that a complete check
of their books, and at a number
of other storage places would be
necessary for a definite check. All
the other companies stated their
losses were covered by insurance.
Mr. Stanton said that a large num
ber of bales were brought in Fri
day and that he had worked late
to get all weights turned in to the
buyers, so that insofar as he knew
there was no cotton belonging to
any individuals stored on the plat-
. form at the time of the Pre.
Maxton Ministers
Choose Topics ot
Thanksgiving. ...
Install New Officers^
Make Club Awards
At Lumberton High
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thirty schools are to be compiled
and then recommendations for re-
an unqualified' success-, modeling of school health practices
from every standpoint,
when
Rosalyn Tureck held a capaci
ty audience of music Ibvers
from throughout the Carolinas
spellbound for an hour and
forty-five minutes Monday
eveninv, in what was unques
tionable one of the finest con
certs ever heard here.
Miss Tureck is especially
fine in the works of Bach, and
indicates by her performance
of the music of the early clas
sics an unusual background of
technical development. Her
program Monday evening in
cluded groups from the clas
sics, the Romantics, and sever
al very lovely modern numbers,
and climaxed with a flawless
Performance of Brahms’ Varia
tions and Fugue On a Theme,
by Handel.
In response to the insistent
demand of her enthusiastic
Judience, Miss Tureck gave a
number of encores, ending
with a most brilliant nerform-
ance of Liszt’s beautiful cam-
nanella.
Following the concert, a
reception was held in the col
lege parlors, when the guests
were given an opportunity to
meet th artist of the evening.
The receiving line was com
posed of Miss Tureck and
members of the music faculty.
NEW DEACONS
A l congregational meeiing was
held at the Fir.-.t
church in Maxton
?resbyterian
on Sunday
morning, November 17, after the
morning worship service for the
purpose of electing tv o new deac
ons.
Luther McNeill, Jr., and L. W.
Anderson were chosen by the con
gregation to fill the two vacancies
in this department of the church.
The two openings in the Deacon-
ate were caused by the death of
O. G. Drennan and the fact that
L. B. Martin, Jr., moved to Sout?:
Carolina.
Miss Lil Austin
Heads Committee
Miss Lillian Austin is chairman
if Improvement Program Commit
tee of Flora Macdonald college for
he alumni of Maxton and vicin-
ty. known as Region No. 2.
Others on the committee include
»Irs. C. B. Williams. Mrs. Donald
IcQueen, Mrs. J. B. McDonald and
Trs. J.W. Hasty, Jr.
The committee has already held
s meeting to discuss plans for the
jam^aign in this region and ft is
oped that they will be able to pub-
usts a complete report soon.
yssNtTyy;
and teaching will be made.
The study is sponsored by the
Southern States Work Conference
and will be carried out in 23 white
schools and seven Negro schools.
It is being carried out this year
in North Carolina where a special
emphasis in being placed on the
Good Health program, not only in
the schools
the State.
but also throughout
The recently added
physical education department of
the schools and the special emp
hasis on all-year recreational for
Red Springs resulted in the selec
tion of both white and Negro
schools being selected.
In both schools the faculties
have taken the health program as
subjects for professional study for
the year,, and groups have been
formed into committees to study
various problems and decide what
is best in public school
where
health,
Red Springs school fall
short, and make recommendations
for necessary changes.
At the end of the yeah of pre
liminary investigation, findings
and appropriate plans for improve
ments will be presented to school
patrons. The physical education
program, the activities and ser
vices of the lunchroom and other
classroom activities are being core
lated already, and school officials
are reporting much progress in
matter of health service
to
the
the
school children.
Also, at the end of the year the
complete reports of the program
are to be made to the Southern
States Work Conference, where re
ports from the other 28 schools in
the group will be studied through
ly and a recommended program
will be issued to. all schools for
the improvement of health condi
tions throughout the southern
states area.
Vet Representative
At PJC Wednesdays
The Lumberton Office of the
Veterans Administration an
nounced today that Harold C.
Keith, contact representative,
will be at Presbyterian Junior
College, Maxton, N. C. from 1
P. M. to 4 P. M. each Wednes
day afternoon beginning No-
vember 20.
This service is provided
assist veterans enrolled
Presbyterian Junior College
to
at
in
applying for the benefits aut
horized under laws administer
ed by the Veterans Administra
tion.
Food
wasted,
stored but not used
say home manager
is food
specia-
lists with the State College Exten
sion Service in stressing the im
portance of learning the best ways
.to store foods.
will
rian
day
special Thanksgiving service
be held at the First Presbyte-
church of Maxton on Thurs-
morning, November 28, at 10
o’c.cck. Rev. T. Lay on Fraser
has chosen for his sermon topic
for the special service
for What?”
On Sunday morning,
"Grateful
November
24, Rev. Forrest L. Young of
Bapt'st church wi 1 spaak
“Scriptural Thanksgiving.”
morning service, the
Thanksgiving offering will
laken.
Rev. C. J. Andrews of
At
the
the
special
also oe
#^
the St.
Paul Methcd'st church h:s chosen
as his special Thanksgiving sub
ject for the Sunday morning wor
ship service on November 24, “Why
Celebrate Thanksgiving?"
Sludenis-Facully
Flora Macdonald
Pledge $11,025
In a one-day campus
cam-
Douglas Kinlaw of Barker-Ten
Mile will be installed as president
of the Robeson County Council of
4-H Clubs at the annual 4-H Achi
evement Day program to be held
Saturday morning at the Joe P.
Moore high school building in Lum-
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berton, it was stated today by Mrs. c.
Veronia B. Warner,
C. Herlocker, directs
of the 16 clubs in the
The program will
whoy with V.
the activites
county. .
begin at . 10
A. M., with Miss Valdean Walters,
of Barnesville retiring council pre
sident, presiding.
The Rev. Archie C. Prevatte, a
former president of the North
Carolina Federation of 4-H Clubs,
and an outstanding member of the
B-T club, will conduct the devo-
lionals.
tor
of
Church.
Terry
conduct
Mr. Prevatte is now pas-
the Chadbourn Baptist
Jenkins of Barnesville will
the group singing, and
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Kathryn Oliver of Fairmont will ;
be the pianist. Special musical '
numbers will be presented by Wit i
liam Louis Sealey of Orrum and
Betty Wellington of St. Pauls.
Gilbert Singletary ,of Rowland
will give the address of welcome
and the response will be given by J
Drive For Funds To Meet Southern
College Association Demands Moves
Into Final Phase Maxton College
Committees Named
On PJC Campaign
For Endowment
Simultaneous canvasses of Rob
eson and Scotland counties on be
half of the $100,000 campaign of
Presbyterian Junior college got un
der way this week. As has been
stated repeatedly in the press and
by other publicity the purpose of
the campaign is to enable the col
lege to meet the endowment re
quirement for membership in the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary schools, the region
al accrediting agency, so that its
credits will be readily accepted
anywhere.
As the college was started by
citizens of Robeson and Scotland
count.es, as it is a valuable asset
to both counties, and as the stu
dent body is drawn quite largely
from the two counties, the Trus
tees feel that special opportunity
should be given Robeson and Scot
land people to contribute to this
fund, completion of ^hich will
mark such an important step in
the future development of PJC.
The campaigns in each county
are organized on the basis of
townships, with county committees
responsible for them ,
The following are the complete
organizations in the two counties.
Robeson County Committee—C.
A. Hasty, chairman; G. P. Hen
derson, Maxton; Rev. Troy E.
Jones, Red Springs; S. Preston
Douglas, Lumberton.
Maxton Township—Olin Broad
way, chairman; J. C. Daniels, Ow
en Evans, Marshall Barnum,
Robeson county township chair ¬
men are as follows:
Alfordsville—Alton W. Thomp
son; Back Swamp, Julius Single-
terry; Britts, Luther Thompson;
Fairmont, Ernest Jones; Gaddys,
Clifton Miller; Howellsville, Grady
Townsend; Lumber Bridge, Dun
can Malloy; Marietta, Paul S. Ol
iver; Orrum, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Johnson; Parkton, J. G. Hughes-
Pembroke. H. H. Monroe and J’
A. McCormick; Philadelpus, Junn
Pat Buie; Raft Swamp, H.F.
Townsend; Rennart, Roscoe Toler;
Rowland, F. L. Adams,
Saddletree—Grady Harrill;
Pauls—W. D. McCormick; I
: St.
Shan-
non—Miss Meta Klarpp; Smiths—
C. S. McIntyre; Symrna—J. D.
Britt; Sterlings—Graham McKin
non; Thompson— Mrs. W. A. Mc
Cormack; Union—George Lewis
Pate; Wirshart— J. C. Stancil.
Scotland County Committee -AJ.
H. Muse, J. R. Dalrymple, co ¬
Commander York
Speaker For
Legion Banquet
paign, students, faculty, and
employees of Flora Macdonald
College subscribed a sum. of
$11,025 to help meet the $300,
000 goal of Ube college to im
prove its facilities and pro
vide for adequate endowment.
Chairmen and amounts sub
scribed by each campus group
are Senior Class, Anne Young
blood and Goldie Knowles,
$1,380; Junior Class: Harriet
Wilson and Gurline Pace, $1,
650; Sophomore Class: Shirley
Parker and Iris Swearingen,
$1,552; Freshmen Clacc: Lajea-
ne Williamson and Betty And
rews, $1,059; Colored employees
Frankie P.Dunie, a former club
member.
In addition to Douglas Kinlaw,
president, the other incoming of
ficers to be installed are: Felix
Hardin, Barnesville, vice president;
Betty Ann Floyd, Barnesville, sec
retary; Lena McClelland, Barnes
ville, recreational leader; and Mrs.
Jakie Dunie, Lumberton,' official
reporter.
Awards to be made include that
for “best club”, which will be bas
ed on new club scores set up for
the county this year; the presenta
tion of charters to 13 clubs, active
last year which have met require
ments foi’ club scores. Presenta
tion of certificates to individuals
for project completion; and the
attendance at the Achievement
j
Legion Now Owns
McLean Building
Mrs. Mary Helton $46;
ty: Miss Mary Conoly,
Miscelaneous. $28.
Campus Chairman,
Baldwin, upon learning
Facul-
$5,310;
Irene
the re-
suits, said, “I am tremendously
Commander W. M. York,
head of the North Carolina
Department of the American
Legion, will be the principal
speaker at the annual banquet
given by Charlie Hall Post
each fall at Flora Macdonald
College, it was stated |oday
by Commander E. H. Elexan-
der of the Rsd Springs post.
Other speakers will be Mrs.
C. M. Byrd, state president of
the Legion Auxiliary, Paul
Younts, executive commander
of the state department.
Mr. Alexander states that on
pleased with the fine
displayed by all persons
campus in responding so
ously to this appeal. It
spirit
on the
gener-
shows
that we, who know Flora Mac
donald best babause we live
and study here are interested
in it and its future program.
It is my sincere hope that what
we have done on the campus
will be a challenge to everyone
to' give financial slupp'ort to
help raise the needed $300,000.’'
Monday, November 18, marks
the opening of the Alumnae
Campaign in 196 zones throu-
rhout the United States. Miss
November
post paid
the $5,000
purchased
Dickson
18, Charlie Hall
off the balance of
on the Legion Hall
last May ffrom the
McLean estate, and
ate McIntyre, Laurinburg,
hairman of this division.
is
that the building to be used
as a community center, is now
owned .entirely by te post.
Public subscriptions for the
$377.. needed to complete the
fund necessary for th^ puy-
chase of the building
seucred last week, and
final payment made on
18th, he stated.
NEW RANGE
A new electric
been received for
Fairmont School
The new range is
over $500 and fills
were
the
the
range
use in
has
the
cafeteria,
valued at
a long ex-
isting need in the cafeteria de
partment for a new stove.
chairmen; Edwin Pate, Dr. S. H.
Fulton, C. E.‘ Beman.
Laurinburg Committee—W. C.
Lassiter, J. C. Evans.
Stewartsville—McLaurin Gibson;
Spring Hill, Sidney Smith; Wil
liamson, Upper, H. C. Snead; Wil
liamson, Lower, Gflchrist Newton;
Laurel Hill, Fairly McMillan.
William G. Coxhead is campaign
Day program.
Project reports will be given by
the following club members.
History of county council and
club work, Valdean Walters; 4-H
project program, Douglas Kinlaw,
B. T.; clothing report, (to be an
nounced); B. T.; cattle shows,
Jimmy Oliver, Fairmont; fiod pre- " "
servation, Margie Humphrey, Phi- ; j
ledelphus, humorous reading, Jac- »
kie Roberts, B. T.; food prepara- \ 
tion, Christine Jackson, Tolarsville .
judging contests, Floyd Hardin,
Barnesville; health program
Cletus Nance, Allenton; summer
Activities, Dora Pittman, Orrum.
Robeson county now has 16 ac
tive clubs of which 11 are senior
clubs, according to Mrs., Warner,
and there are approximately 775
active members. The work of the
clubs is supervised and directed by
Mrs. Warner, assistant home ageat,'
and by V. C. Herlocker, assistant
farm agent. They will make the
awards Saturday. ;-
The directors have extended .ait
invitation to all 4 H club members,
their families, friendsand all other
interested in tbiswork to attend
the program Saturday. '
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Maxton Schools
And PJC Close
On Thanksaivinu
Maxton public schools, Robeson
County Training school and Pres
byterian Junior college will all ob
serve school holidays during the
Thanksgiving season.
Maxton public schools and Robe
son County Training school oper
ate under the same county school
system. W. K. Cromartie, principal
of Maxton high school, announced
Tuesday that the Maxton public
schools will not' be in session either
Thursday, November 28 (Thanks-
(giving Day) or Friday, November
|29. Wednesday will be a full school
■ day and classes will begin as usual
I on Monday morning.
R. B. Dean, principal of Robesor
County Training School, will a?'
here to the same schedule witi
classes suspended from Wednesday
afternoon until Monday morning,
when school will commence
regular time.
Students at Presbyterian
college will attend regular
at the
Junior
classes
on Wednesday. They will be free
from school work on Thursday
Friday and Saturday. This will
give these students more free time
director. The campaigns are to be ( than public school students, as clas-
concluded by December 1. Ises are held at PJC on Saturday
Cily Delivery
System Pleasing
Fairmont Patrons
Talmadge Teague, Fairmont,
postmaster, has reported that
practically all fo thV Fairmont
post office patrons have ex
pressed satisfaction in the city
delevery system niw on effect.
City delevery was cornnme^
ed early in October and many
people are now wondering how
they ever got along wirfiout t.
Mr. Teaguie says thaj'the pro
per number of boxqs to be dis
tributed at intervals through
out the town ha^e noe yet been
recieved but lie is hoping they
will arrive Soon.
Before cityldelivery was com
menced in Pjairmopt, it was
necessary to name all of the
city streets afid to post these
names. This has proved to be
a great improvement to. the
town in addition to the deliv
ery service itself.
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mornings. Regular classes will be-
resumed on Monday morning- fol- . '
lowing the Thanksgiving holiday^ 1