The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-01

register of deeds office. Br1de the
rooms necessary for the county officers,
there will be the grand jury. commits
sioners, and board of education rooms.
The Jail will be two stories containing
seven cells. four above and three below,
around these, both above and below, will
run five foot hall. Just in front of the
Jail is the iailer's residence also two
stories and containing five rooms. When
these buildings are finished, but four
counties in the State will have better
public buildings than Scotland.
This is the home of one of our new
judges. Hon. Walter H. Neal He is hold
ing his first court this week in Union
county. Judge Meals friends predict for
him a good record and from what | per-
sonally know of him | am satisfied he
will fulfill the predictions.
TWO 6USY COTTON MILLS.
There are two cotton mills here in full
operation. They are both yarn and warp
mills The Scotland mills has ten thou
sand spindles; j. F. McNair is the presi-
dent and l.. A. Tatum, secretary. 1t is
large brick building and is equipped
with the latest improved machinery. The
Dixon mill is also a brick structure, Cox
265 feet it has 5000 spindles, Mr.. Peter
McRae is president; J. M. Covington,
secretary and treasurer of the company,
b. l.. Stewart, superintendent of mill.
The oil mill and ginnery that was burned
last fall are being rebuilt large and bet
ter equipped than before | understand
that both the mill and ginnery will be
co.. fI,lf fol-
Mr.. j. F. McNair is the president of this
business.
Laurinburg has first class high school
and competent principal in the person OF
Prof. F. p. Wyche. he says he had an
enrolment of 142 pupils last session, and
the outlook is very encoura ging for larger
number next session. Laurinburg has a
population, including the factory villages,
of about 1900 people, and no community
is blessed with higher moral and relig
ious tone than this. There are no sa-
looms in the town nor has been for sew
eral years. 1t will be hard to find a
community that can boast more intelli-
gent, sober, law abiding people than this.
There are within a radius of 10 miles
Of Laurinburg, and all in Scotland county,
from 900 to 700 acres in water melons and
cantaloupes. At Elmore, the home of Mr.
Hector Mclean, State representative for
the last two sessions, about $50 to 200
acres are planted in melons Elmore is
about three miles from Laurinburg, and in
Scotland county. 1t was the energy and
hard work of Mr.. Mclean and others like
him that finally secured the county of
Scotland
Mr.. G. ii. Mathis, of South Carolina
who for some years past has been plant
ing on a large scale melons and truck in
Florida and South Carolina. came to
this section last year and rented land
expressly for this business. He has been
very successful for two seasons. Last
week he shipped six car loads from Ell
more, each car containing from 900 to
1,4OO melons, eraging 26i pounds each.
Mr.. Mclean told me that, some of the
melons weighed as muchj as Sc to So
pounds.M Mr.. w. G. Mathews. nephew of
Mr.. c. H., who has been with his uncle
in this business and in this section for
two seasons. told me that they never
planted the same land in melons twice.
They rent by the hundreds of acres each
year in different sections The reason for
this he says is that when the vines begin
to die, they leave a germ or insect that
gets into the land and renders it unprofit-
able for the melon culture another year;
but he says it does not injure the soil for
other crops as these germs will only
feast on the melon vines,
Most Of the people | come in contact
with here at Laurinburg like and sub
scribe FOR the News and Observer
You may travel the world over and no
better. and truer white men and Demo-
Gratis ARE ito be found than live, in Scot
land,s they want straight. .uncompromising
Democracy, and this they @Eknow ;%they
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meet celver friends and make more before
| leave. H. B. HARDY.