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Watch Label on Your Papei
and Don't Let Subscriptior
Expire.
ESTABLISHED 1894
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MARKET COTTON SLOWLY.
Argued That Price Will Be Depressed'
if Selling is Precipitate.
Columbia, Aug. 27 ? Former
Governor R. I. Mnaning, president of'
the American Products Export and1
Import Corporation, today gave out
the following statement on the cotton1
situation by Mr. T. B. Stack house.
"One of the very largest cotton i
.dealers in the South both for export |
aua uuuicbuc consumpuon inaoe tnei
following statement a few days ago: Ji
If as much as four millions of bales i
of cotton from the 19 21 crop, plus
the leakage from previous crops, is i
sold by producers during the months ?
of September, October and November 11
middling cotton will sell at ten ct .a !
or lower before December 1, andjl
that, in his opinion, every possible 1
agency should be employed to insure '
a slow and orderly marketing of i
cotton until conditions become more'i
normal. i
"Others engaged in the cotton busi-.i
ness and familiar with existing con-]1
ditions of both the domestic and for-j1
eign demand for cotton, concur in ?
the opinion of this large dealer. The':
Federal Reserve Banks at Richmond,
Va.,'Atlanta, Ga., Dallas, Texas, St.1]
, Louis and Kansas City, have recently '
sent out letters to member banks ad- '
i vising that said banks will go us'i
far as the law permits in aiding the I
South to market the 19 21 crop and 1
the carry over from previous years '
in an orderly manner. These banks':
have vracticallv put cotton on the i
same basis a? they have heretofore't
put United States bonds, in that they 1
will handle for non-member banks 1
through member hnnk? unto, i
>tu WO OCC VI I CU I *
by the 1921 cotton crop. Notes of j?
member banks secured by 1920 and;
1921 cotton are eligible for redis-|<
counts at said reserve banks. !i
"In addition to this action on the t
part of the reserve banks, the War 1
Finance Corporation is empowered j
under a bill recently passed by the.
United States, to lend as much as onej
billion dollars on cotton to individuals (
fii nig or corporations and the feeling
in Washington is that the Houce will11
also pass the bill and there seems to(
be no question of its approval by thejt
President. i *
"The Government, through the re-1
serve banks and the War Finance1
Corporation, has made every provision
that any reasonable man can expect ^
\ to aid the South in orderly marketing j
Of t.hp Pnflnn nniiT V. ?? ?>-- "
( ? .? uun ucm in ine soum .
and securing a fair price for same. |
Domestic mills are buying and will1
probably continue to buy cotton spar- j
ingly and only as needed. Foreign ,
mills are buying the same way, and'j
under such conditions cotton merchants
buying cotton can protect'^
themselves only by seeing futures
which depress the price. If the 1921
erop is rushed on the market to-.
gather with the leakage from previ-'
oiis crops, seven to ten cents cotton ?
seems certain, while, if all cotton is
marketed slowly, or as the spinning A
world is forced to have it, fifteen to '
twenty cents seems equally certain. '
T. B. Stackhouse." 5
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Sellers.
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\ Miss Ruth Sellers is spending some (
time in Washington, D. C., the guest j
of her aunt Miss Annie Sellers. t
. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hudson have <
removed to Marion. We are indeed c
sorry to lose this estimable family,
but Sellers loss is Marion* gain. a
Miss Eva CulbrAh leaves shortly e
for Bellevue Hospital, New York c
city, where she will finish her train- i
ing as a nurse. if
Mr. Billy Brown Page will spend 1
the winter "here with his uncle, Mr. I
W. G. Page and attend the Sellers (
graded school.
Mrs. Albert and her three daugh-ji
ters who have been the attractive
house guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.I
Page, for some time will leave this j
week for their home in Birmingham,
Ala.
- School will begin here'On September
5th. Mr. J. G. Baker, Principal,
Miss Middleton. Meriwhether. S. G.. .
the intermediate grades and Misses f
Mattie Lyons of Augusta, Ga., pri- j
. mary grades and music.
Mr. Henry Allen and sister Miss j
Eva, Mr. Harry Sellers and Miss t
Elizabeth Braddy were in Sellers
Sunday. If
Misses Olive and Margaret Bethea ^
and Messrs. Ralph and Tom Utley (
were the guests of relatives here Sun-ji
day. f
Mr. Austin Watson onrf Miss Harriet r
Mayland of Newark, N. J. who were
married recently after spending a few (
days with the groom's parents here,!,
left last Monday for Charleston where t
they will make their home.
Miss Henrietta Hammond who has,
been spending the summer hero Will!J
leave shortly for Winthrop College.
Mrs. Herbert Barksdale of Va., is
"? visiting her father Mr. D. L. Smith j
here. 1 f
Mrs. Allyn and Felix Smith are vis- '
iting in Whiteville, N. C.
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Our Immigrants I^ast Century. a
I
During the last century a total of i
34,000,000 immigrants came to this I
country. Of these 8,206,000 were s
from Great Britain; Germany furnish- t
ed 5,495,000; Italy, 4,101,000; Aus- c
tria-Hungary, 4,068,000, and Russia, i
3,311,000. France sent only 523,806. i
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"The devil has to run to keep up 1
with the man who talks about doing *
good." l
Pr'tto " "*Y
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THE DILLON HEIi
ROBESON MAN HITS OIL..
Ex-Sheriff McLeod Becomes MultiMilioitaire
Overnight.
The following is from The Robesonian
of Lumberlon.
The above caption is spread in big
type clear across the top of the first
page of the Iola (Kan.) Daily Register
of August 19. Former Senator
Geo. B. McLeod of Robeson is the man
referred to. In display type part of
a 2-column head, is the line, "Biggest
Well in New Gas Field." The
story begins a3 follows:
"Senator McL^eod, of Iola, an operator
in the Deer Creek and Elsmore
oil fields, checked over his available
cash and found he had some $5,0C0.
I'll pay It all on that Colony field,'
he said. He took the George Robb.ns
lease of 7 acres in Colony from Irwin
and Payton, put on a rig, and
took the Pearson lease northwest ofl
this location and slanneH in annthurl
rig. Now he has a pair of be-'rcats,
noisy ones, the gacsers that come in
with a swish and roar. The Robbins
well came in last night and the Pearson
this afternoon. He has 17,000,000
mbic feet of gas in the two wells."
Gas Is retailing at Colony, the paper
says at 80 cents per thousand,
rhere follows a long description of
lie horing of a well, with deafening
loise and the spraying of dirt, and I
:his: "The drillers were plastered i
with dirt and sand from the well.
They stuffed cotton in their ears
ind stayed on the job. Paul Irwin had
nade the location and was superinending
the drilliing for Senator McLeod.
And when the big noise came
lis face was wreathed in smiles. He'
iad picked the location of the biggest.
producer to date."
Former Senator McLeod has been
iperating for some time in the Kan-'
?as oil fields. He has many friends i
ur.ong the Robesoiiian readers who
will be glad to learn of his success.!
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? Kemper.
Miss Kathleen Stubbs of Charlesfln
i i- 1 . 1' ..n-An^l..
.vii fioivcu uci c i rtrnn^.
Mrs. R. Finch visited in Florence
ast week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thorn. Jr.,'
ipent a few days at Myrtle Beach last
veek.
Miss Grace Haves of Horry visited
elativeB here last week.
Miss Louise and Bettie Hayes went
to Myrtle Beach last week.
Miss Sarah Finch spent a few days
it Fork last week.
Mr. Billie Sanderson and sisters,
Mine and Louraine visited at the!
icnie of Mrs. P. Barfield last week.'
The School Improvement Associaion
will meet at the Teacherage Tues-1
lay afternoon. All members are in-1
dted to be present.
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HARD TIMES.
Smithfleld Herald.
A farmer came in the office not
rery long ago and among other!
hings started talking about hard
imes. He is in a precarious condition
it present, said he, but knows con-!
litions are not half as bad as they
vere when he was a boy. He said that1
.he reason why farmers were coin-,
daining so much now was because all,
)f their lives had been spent in pros- 1
>erity and luxury. He said that they(
should have lived, however, about 50
ir more years ago, when land was!
:heap and food scarce.
Some of the facts told by this man!
ire very true and should be consid'red
by our people at present. He told
>f the time when he worked from sun iBe
to sunset at the hardest kind of
arm labor for only 27 cents a day.!
There were plenty of applicants for
lis job and only by the hardest work
lid he manage to maintain it.
I'll,LA MARKS INQUIRIES
RELATIVE TO OUR CATTLE.
i.
dexlcau Rebel Chief Has Quieted
I>own and Wants to Stock up on i
Tar Heel Angus Cows.
Mocksville, Aug. 24. ?San'ord and
tlch, who have a 'large herd of An-1
jus cattle near Mocksville, N. C.,i
lave recently been getting some inluirles
from Mexico and South Amerca
for prices and information on
heir Annus cattle
One of the inquiries last week was <
rom Gen. Francisco Villa, of Mexico,
r* 11 let has quieted down it seems and
s now living a useful and peaceful '
ife on his farm and ranch in Duran- <
:o, which consists of over a half
uillion acres. Villa is stocking his
anch with good cattle and apparenty
doing all in his power to make his
iffcce a credit to himself and the
housands of people who live on his
dace.
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IFFICER McCRAOKEN
(JOES TO FAYKTTKVIIiLK.
Sheriff Bethea says he regrets to|
ose Rural Policeman John McCrncksn
who resigned last week to accept 1
i position on the Fayetteville police \
orco. Sheriff Bethea says that Ot'fie>r
McCracken was a valuable man
ind did excellent work in the position
in filled. He was particularly active
n running down violators of the
irohibition law. Mr. McCracken is
uicceedcd by Mr. F. L. Sitton, former
:hief of police in Dillon, who has
l well established reputation as a
Host excellent peace officer. Since
>signing from the force several years
Lgo Mr. Sltton has been engaged in
'arming and cotton buying. The forner
profession he will continue on a
imited scale.
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LAJLD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA,
A UKa CHICK.KN RANCH.
Cheraw Men Kvpect to Sell Over
<MH> ? Year.
The Cheraw Chronicle says:
Mr. J. L. Crawford, jeweler, of i
Cheraw, who has recently built u i
modern California bungalow about i
two miles from Cheraw, is launching i
an industry in our midst which we
trust will blaze the way for our far- <
tilers in the poultry business. Mr. i
Crawford has secured the services of
L. W. Wertheini 'of Blairstown, N. <
J., who has had 24 years' experience i
in raising chickens and >s now pres- I
ui ine susquenana i'outtry com- 1
pany, a large poultry ranch in New
Jersey. Mr. Wertheini will conie to ?
Cheraw in September and will build i
and inanuge a poultry r!H?eh at Mr.
Crawford's home about two miles 1
from Cheraw. The ranch will be stock- <
ed with 3,000 white Leghorn chick- i
ens of the very best strain obtainable J f
and the equipment for housing and,*
breeding is to be the latest and bestj'
models now used. For instance, the t
laying houses have electric lights in- 1
stalled equipped with switches that. <
will automatically turn on the lights *
at 3 o'clock in the mornfng, thus giv- '
inig the hens a 15-hour work day.
Mr. Crawford plans to sell non-fer-j
tile eggs for table use, hatching eggs;
by the setting", day old chicks and!
broilers. He figures he will market I
between 25.000 and 30,000 broilers a 1
year. | *
Mr. Wertheim, who wa? in Cheraw;
a few days ago closing final arrange-p
lr.ents, said that the climate here was.
ideal for the project and he was de-i*
lighted with the prospect of making M
Cheraw his future home. The ranch'
will cover about 20 acres and will be'*
muring completion by October 15.
This will make two poultry busi-p
nesses of note for Cheraw. Mr. H- R. |
Hickson having for a number of:*
years conducted a farm of possibly,'
the finest show chicken in the state.'
His birds are always among the first J
prize winners wherever they are en- '
tered. He is planning to show in Nor-j
folk. New York and other northern/
cities this fall. '
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S|?ends Week in Boll Weevil Section* i
Hev. J. A. Langley, pastor of the t
Little Rock Baptist church, has returned
from Ulmer in Allendale coun- ?
ty where he held a protracted meet-js
ing. Allendale is in the centre of the t
boll weevil section and what Mr. i
Langley has to say about this section
and the weevil is interesting: 1
"In no place," said Mr. Langley, i
"did I find the farmers complaining.
Although this is their third year with sthe
weevil they will make about 50 J
per cent of a crop. Some farnieis will
make almost a normal crop. This is, f
however where thev went Inln iH ? .
fields when the crop was young and
picked the first weevils off the bios- (
scms. The first crop of weevils is the 1
mqst dangerous crop. They lay the
eggs that later on produce millions of T
small weevils. The small weevil, or
rather the weevil in the growing stage c:
is the one that does the damage. He t
has a good appetite and it does not r
take him long to eat up the blossoms
on a cotton stalk. 1 drove around the l
country and saw many fields of cotton v
that promised a good yield. In every
instance, however. I was told that the r
first crop of weevils had been destroy- j
ed by picking them off the blossoms, c
Rapid cultivation is another way of
getting ahead of the weevil. One far- t
iner who did not use any fertiliser 1
will lose his entire crop. The crop t
grew slowly and the weevils destroyed F
the blossoms as fast as they matured.;
Although this is the third year of the
weevil in that section the people:
seemed to be getting on fairly well, if
They do not owe much money and
have plenty to eat. As the weevil does i
the most damage the third year I t
suppose I saw conditions at their
worst and there should be a gradual c
improvement front now on." y v
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Eighty Years Ago and Today.
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It has been ascertained by the s
United States Department of Agricul-j1;
ture that in a region where eighty,
years ago, the labor of a man for one'd
day of ten hours produced forty-five *
pounds of cotton in the seed as an ?
average for a season's work, he now
produces one hund> >d and twenty- a
seven pounds of cotton in the seed, I
or nearly three times as much, per 3
average day of work, the result of
Improved agricultural practice. 1
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Flow of the Gulf Stream.
It has been found that the Gulf *
Stream has a current greater than the 1
combined flow of all the great rivers *
of the world In one hour ninety billion
tons of water move along its 1
course.
Useful Change.
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A woebegone traveler in a small \
Georgia town approached the ancient v
colored man who operated the one-, t
oar ferry across a dinky stream and'p
accosted him with: t
Uncle I am broke, and I got to ?
get across the river. Will you trust r
me for it ? 1
"Fare is only 3 cents, boss." I
"I know, but I haven't got the 3 l
cents." c
Uncle Mose placidly resumed his t
pipe. "Bo^s" he decided, "ef you ain't >
got 3 cents you wont be no better off
on dat side de river dan you is on
dis." t
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THURSDAY, MOKXING, SKITKMIIF
McLAllUN <?KTS 20 YKAKS.
Former Dillon County Resident is
Found (aiiilty <?f Assault.
W. H. I- McLaurin former Dillon
county resident, charged with assault
upon several little girls, entered
u plea cf guilty ut Charlotte Monday,
according to Tuesday's issue of
the Charlotte Observer. The sentence
of the court was that McLanrin must
strve 20 years in the state prison. 1
The crime with which MoLaurin was
ihcrtced was committed several
months ago and feeling was so high
that McLaurin was closely guarded
while he was in jail awaiting trial.
According to the Charlotte paper
llienists testified that McLaurin was
lot mentally responsible for his acts.
McLaurin, a native of North Caroina,
lived in Dillon county until sev- <
'ral years ago when he went to Flor- <
da. It is said that he was convicted
>f a similar crime in that state and
served a prison sentence. Dillon conn- i
> people who knew hint when he
enided here were of the opinion that i
le was not normal. Although a man
>! unusual intelligence, he was of an ?
ccentric nature and seemed to have i
ather a warped and distorted vision i
>f things. i:
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Floydale.
.miss MayDPiie .Mci.aurin has re- ]
umcd from a visit to Henderson, N.
3. I<
.Misses Reaves and Mary Alford are
,-isiting friends in Mullins.
Miss Anna Whitlock of Maxton, N.
2.. is spending the week with Miss <
dallie McLaurin.
Mr. Harold Gaddy spent the week
lid with Rurke Hayes.
Miss Olive Bethea spent the week
nd at Sellers.
Mr. Worth Adock of New York is
spending some time with his sister,
drs. French McLaurin.
Miss Hallie McLaurin has returned
rotn a visit to her grandmother at
daxton, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. TayTlor and
Hisses Carrire and Nina Bryant have
etttrned from a visit to friends and
elatives at Fayetteville, N. C.
Mrs. Harry Blackwell and chilIren
returned from Hartsville last
veek after spending some time with;
riends and relatives.
Rev. P. K. Crosby began revival,
services at Mt. Andrew M. E. church
Sunday night. Preaching at eleven in'
he morning and eight p. ni. each j
lay.
The community picnic which was
leld at Campbell's Bridge last Thurs-i
lay was enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Hodges are
ipending several days at the home of
r. H. Stackhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap Utley of Clem-,
ion College are spending several days!;
it the home of Mrs. Lou Utley.
Miss Blanche Moon of Graham. N.j<
3., is visiting friends and relatives i
tere. |<
Miss Lucile Mills spent Sunday at ]
Tabor, N. C. I1
J. E. Swearingen, State Superintenlent
of Education, made a very in !
eresting talk at the community pic-;<
tic last Thursday.
Misses Ruth an(i Penelope Berry i
lave been visiting friends at Barn- |
ille. S. C. ' !
Miss Hallie McLaurin entertained a ?
lumber of her friends at an afternoon ]
ucnic Wednesday afternoon in honor <
if her guest Miss Whit lock. (
A very interesting game of base- <
all was played at Floydale last ]
Thursday between Clio and Floydale. ]
he score standing 12 to 4 in favor of ,
IU> Uct If.
Carolina. ,
Mr. Ansel Alford of Floydale is vis- 1
ting relatives here. i|
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robertson of,i
lowland are on a visit to their sis-j
er, Mrs. D. B. Mclnnis.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunk McLaurin and (
hildren and niece, Leara Mclnnis,
isited Mrs. L. M. Morrison at Mc- j
:oll Saturday.
Mrs. Laurin Mclnnis and daughter, (
''lora C., spent ? few days with her ]
ister, Mrs. Gus Alford of Dillon (
ast week. ,
Mrs. L. W. Mclnnis and two chil- .
Iren, Charity and Duncan, spent the (
veek end at the home of her father, (
dr. Neil C. McLaurin Of Wesly. ,
Several folks from the community .
ittended the Educational Rally at the f
lobert Fletcher Menorittl school, L
larlboro county, last Wednesday/
tome able and fitting addresser, were .
nade by Drs. Snyder of Wofford and
t. H. Wright of the Eastern North ,
Carolina Training School for Teachers f
?reenvnie. ."N. u. inis is a mociern upo
date building with its Teacherage.1
learby erected at a cost of $200,000,
>y the father and uncle of Robert
Fletcher as a memorial of his suireme
sacrifice in the world war. I
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Ed. Sneed's Nerve.
For nerve commend us to Ed
Ineed, colored, of Bruswick county,
vho last Sunday morning killed his
> ife, hid the body in a swamp and
hen calmly procet ded to Sunday
ichool, opened it as usual, assigned
he classes and fulfilled his duties as
inperintendent without a flicker of,
compunction. And when later the
tody was found, Ed appeared to be
)ioud of the way he had conducted
ltniself under what lie styled "trying
ircumstances." The trying part will
ake place when Superior court convenes.?Rockingham
Post-Dispatch.
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Make no engagements which lead
to entanglements with the world i
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ralii. I
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STOItlKS OF Ol'Jt SOUTHLAND.1
Nancy Hanks the Mother of Abraham!
liillCOlll.
(By T. Larry Gantt.)
One of the most delightful and)
romantic spots in the mountains of
western North Carolina, "the Land <
of the Sky," is the Chimney Itocky region
at the foot of Old Raid of earth- I
quake fame, that created such a sen- <
sation some 25 years ago by its sliak- 1
ing and quivering, the convulsions
tearing great rocks from its sides and <
forming a cave in the solid granite, t
For severarl years 1 have spent my i
summer vacaton there. il
Some years ago 1 was touring t
?hi.nu..k tL..? S - ? - '* 1
vuiuuf.il niai KfglVll III <1 naCK WITH
Col. Erwin, a prominent lawyer 01 I
Itutherfordton, and who knew every t
cattle path and mountaineer. \Vhen,t
opposite a log cabin on the roadside, >
with stick and dirt chimney. Col Er-'t
win told our driver to halt an<T gave 1
a "Halloa!" On an old man appear- >
ing at the door Erwin said. "Come t
out here. Hanks!"
There leisurely came to the hack *
a very tall, rugged featured typical i
mountaineer, barefooted and in his 1
shirt sleeves, apparently 7 5 or 80
years old, but erect and in perfect <
condition. His face and everj fea- I
lure were familiar to ine, but 1 could <
not call to mind where 1 had seen
him.
"Ever seen hint before?" asked
Col. Edwin. 1
I replied that 1 sure had and his
face was as familiar as pig tracks <
"I never seed you be fore that 1
ran call to mind, stranger," replied :
the old fellow, as he leaned against
the hack and took a good look at nte.
"and 'taint likely I'd forget ez homely
a face as your'11," he added with
a good natured grin"May
have seen you in Spartanburg."
I suggested.
"Never wuz thar in my life ?always
stay right aroun' here. 1 once
went to Asheville, but that wuz *er
long time ergo," he replied.
"Ever seen Abraham Lincoln?"
asked Col. Erwin.
I replied that I had not but had
seen his pictures, "and," 1 continued. 1
"that old rooster there is the express i
image of Lincoln's picture."
"I never seed Abe Lincoln, either."
replied Hanks. "Me and him are 1
sorter kin. My grandmother and 1
Nancy, his ma, wur sisters. They tell J
me Lincoln got ter be a big man "
I turned to Col. Erwin and asked J
him where did he get that stuff he '
was trying to feed mt* on. 3
The colonel assured me that there '
was no joke, and the old mountaineer f
before us was undeniably a great >
first cousin to Abraham Lincoln, and
the resemblance, between tlie two
men was so marked as to be noticed
at a glance. He then went on to ex- '
l?lain that Nancy Hanks, the mother ti
of Abraham Lincoln, was horn and '
raised to young womanhood in Ruth- -s
L'tford county, North Carolina, when
Iter family sent her to some relatives s
in Kentucky, where she met and c
married Lincoln 3
"I hear'n my grandmother say
ivhen on her death bed." put in '
Hanks, "that the only thing she had 1
lo regret wuz making her pap drive
iter sister Nancy off."
Col. Edwin then gave some inter- 1
'Stillg information ahnm V'onov n
Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lin- _
mill. She was born in Rutherford ,
cunty. North Carolina, so this state y
an claim a half interest in President ,
Lincoln. The Hanks were ver> poor v
ieople, but respected for their hon- tj
sty and worth.
The history cf this family is known v
to all the residents of Rutherford j,
ounty, being handed down from A
'ather to son. The spot where the J
tionie of the' parents of Nancy stood ,
s pointed out. and her kinspeople ,.
ire scattered all over that section.
They are plain mountaineers, 100 per ,
?rnt. American.
Nancy was a fine sample of a (-i
tealthy mountain lass, large in size f
ind remarkably good looking. In t
'act, she was represented'as the t
inndsomest young woman in the w
Chimney Rock section. The Hanks a
A'ere poor but ambitious, and they s
rave Nancy'a good rural school edu-'
atirn. She fitted herself to teach'|(>
he three months' school then found a
hroughout the mountain settlements.! r
ind was offered and accepted a'?,
ichool in Macon county. North Car- a
ilina, not far from her home. jr.
Mr. W. R. Dillingham of Spartan-,^
>urg tells me that his grandmother h
ived in Macon county at the time tl
s'ancy Hanks came there to teach I<
ichool and knew her well. She said 1<
lint Nancy was one of the finest lookng
girls she ever saw, was the*pie- b
tire of health, and well educated for a
hose times. She was given a three c>
nomns' school ami hoarded with a si
amily named Enalow, who were well'ci
o do and ranked hiph in the county It!
Ftut the head of the family had a had <1
noral reputation and his wife was h
,*ery jealous of his attention to other S
vomen. The attentions shown by.
"r.slow to Nancy Hanks became the t'
alk of the settlement, and she pave h
ip the school and returned to her t<
'amily in Rutherford county. The s
caudal followed her there, and her ft
amily beinp a sensitive and hlph fi
spirited people. Nancy was sent to
tome of her relatives in Kentucky, l>
vhere she met and married Lincoln, e
!Ter heinp sent away was also due to tl
he fact that she had several unmar- tl
led sisters and who 'hoped by this a
ttep to put an end to possip. There tl
s no question about this part of my ?
itory beinp true, for that old moun- ?'
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rhe Date on the Label is the
)ate Your Paper Will Be
stopped.
VOL. 27. NO. 50
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ANOTHEK FINE lil'ILDIN<?
FOB DILI.ON.
First National Will ('onvert I. Ilium
Itiiildiiiu into Modern Ituihlin^.
Last Thursday lhe First National
...inn ii??rucu to contractor McBryde
i>f Cheraw the contract for remodeling
the 1 It 1 uin store at the corner ot
Main street and Railroad avenue ami
converting it into a modern bank
tiuilUinkThe
bank has had the piaos under
consideration for some time, but fln.1
arrangements were not completed
iiitiI last week. The First National
>urchased the property about a year
tgo.
The plans call fot a modern bank
mildiug with tile floors, marble interior
work and stone and brick on
h* outside. The upstairs will be con-erted
into offices. The bank proper
,vi 11 occupy 70 feet of the corner
nillding and i" the rear of the bank
vi|1 he an office building 30 feet
vide.
According to the plans it will bo
<ne of the handsomest bank buildings
n the eastern section of the state and
ivill !>e quite an addition to the town.
Work will begin on the building in
[lie nexi 30 days and 'he bark expects
to be able to move in it^ , ' "**
juarters by January the firs',
o
Nellie Mrhniilnn to <Vdumliia.
I'ee I)ee Advocate.
When Probate Judge J. C. Davis,
t?f Dillon county, learned that Miss
Lllla C. P? try. superintendent of the
State Industrial School for (Jirls had
r? tused to take bark Miss Nellie McI
end on. who tried to commit suicide
in the Bennettsville jail, he notifi?-d
Probate Judge Julian McLaurin tliat
lie t Judge Davis) had committed
No! lie \lni omin., t~
?-v ?uu.> mic nmir maustrial
school till she wa3 21 years old;
tl-.ar she had ' <Jt been paroled, ami
he did not undorsttnd whv she was
away fioin then o. hy i.;rv retiis'ici
l?? tuke her ba?
City Clerk H. J Ki'.ey then coramunicated
these facts to the State
Board of Public \Ve,?aret whereupon
Gni';-mr Cooper iii* cfe(i that the
pir: be sent back tu the State Inuustrial
School for Girls.
She was therefore taken back by
Chief of Police Cunningham Tuesday
morning and turned over to
Miss Perry.
As soon as Miss McLenden saw
Miss Perry, she commenced cursing
der and said "I am going to kill
rou." Although she was held hy oficers,
she kicked Miss Perry in the
stomach and seriously hurt her. The
;irl was then placed in a cell.
o
Vew York at Work iuid at IWiniei*.
In New York City a passenger
rain arrives every fifty-two seconds;
i vsbiii luni-ic t)>?. iMirh/M- '
v-eight minutes; four business firms
tart up every forty-two minutes;
our transient visitors arrive every
ocond; every day 350 new citizens
cine to make their homes; each duy
.000.oon messages are sent and reeived
by telephone; every evening:
uure than $1,250,000 is speut in the
lotels and restaurants for dining.
Some are more roncerned over their
roubles jlian about using thiet talennts.
uiineei spoke of his grandmother's
egret at having been instrumental
i driving Nancy from home and for
rhich act sh< expressed re"r?! on her
eath lied.
Some years ago a little pamphlet
ras published which endeavored to
rove that Knslow was the father of
kbiaham Lincoln, an(j showed picores
of the Lincoln and also those of
he Knslow family. The Kuslows
till live around Asheville, atul do not
env their relationship'with the. married
president Mr. Dillingham says
hat the older citizens of Macon
aunty firmly believe that Lincoln's
at her was Enslow, and as proof of
his fact some years ago a member of
lie family entered a court house,
there a new judge 'was presiding,
nd who was impressed with the
Hiking resemblance.
I spent some time tracing the loal
history of the Lincoln family, ekul
Iso read a number of books on Abahani
'Lincoln. Ilut except this old
randal, and which was resurr?cted
fter Lincoln became famous, I can
ot find u thing to substantiate it.
>n the other hand the life of Abranm
Lincoln states that he waK born
liree years after Nancy moved from
Lutherford county to Kentucky, and
er marriage to Lincoln.
Bllt there is no rloilht or nnoatinn
ui that Nancy Hanks was bom
mong the mountains of Rutherford
ounty. North Carolina, that she was
t* 111 to Kentucky after her name beiiine
mixed up with Enslow's, and
hut members of her family are tony
found amenK the hardy and
rave mountaineer^ of the old North
tate.
Also, the strong resemblance beween
the old mountaineer atui Abraam
Lincoln, and which is noticeable'
? even a stranger, shows that the tall
latute and the marked and rugged,
attires of Lincoln were inherent
ron? his mother's family.
And just here let me state that for
ure blooded. 100 per cent. Amerinns
you must go to the mountains of
he two Carolinas and Georgia. Their
hin soil and poverty have kept back
'Jen immigration and the same fannies
that carved that region from thtt
dlderness and expelled the Red Mesa
till reside thera. 1 a